Tsunami

The Tsunami of Indonesia

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.The resulting tsunami is given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami.The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters

Tsunami

A tsunami is a wave or a group of high-energy waves and size that occur when an extraordinary phenomenon vertically displaces a large mass of water. The recent tsunamis have been in Chile on February 27, 2010 in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 and in Hokkaido on July 12, 1993.

The best prevention to suffer less damage in a tsunami is the existence of natural barriers such as coral reefs, mangroves and coastal vegetation.