Asian tsunami before and after

A scene of the damage in front of the Baiturrahman mosque that was caused by a tsunami that hit the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh December 27, The management of nutrition in major emergencies. NEWS An original paper copy of this issue can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U. Reuters - December 26 marks 15 years since a 9. With no adequate warning systems in place, there was no alert issued to people to seek safety. Although there was no death published, a significant economic loss in millions of dollars was reported.

In February , Fugen-dake erupted, initiating two-months of lava flows. The subsequent tsunami washed away houses and caused deaths in Japan, and was observed on tide gauges in California, Hawaii, and Peru. A series of giant boulders and cobbles have been found 14 m above mean sea level near Guincho Beach. On the 30th of October , a magnitude 7. An earthquake of intensity IX and an estimated magnitude of 6. News of the event was downplayed by the authorities in order to protect wartime morale, and as a result the full extent of the damage is not known, but the quake is estimated to have killed people, the tsunami being the leading cause of the fatalities.

July This earthquake created tsunami waves up to around 1 meter high. The tsunami was probably triggered by an earthquake that destroyed Antioch, and was generated somewhere on the Cyprian Arc fault system. Geophysical Journal International. Ansei great earthquakes.