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A countdown of the five biggest tsunami events in recorded history.
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Learn all about tsunamis and how most form from undersea earthquakes. Get facts, stories, maps and pictures from National Geographic Kids magazine.
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Museum to promote public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. The museum will also preserve social and cultural history and serve as a living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events
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Highlights include animated illustrations, articles, an "Ask the Experts" section, photographs, and video downloads.
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Discover the power of waves and how fast they can travel. Includes animations and videos clips.
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Booklet about how to survive a tsunami that includes stories of people who survived tsunamis in Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
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Learn the story behind tsunamis, and how to respond to a tsunami warning.
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Read this story about what causes tsunamis and what to do if one happens near you.
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Provides detailed instructions and resources for a student team project on the causes and consequences of the Asian tsunamis.
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Find the words in the puzzle.
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Diagrams showing travel time in hours plus an animation of the earthquake and generated tsunami. From the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. [English and Japanese]
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Answers many questions about the topic. What does tsunami mean? How are they created? What happens to a tsunami as it approaches land?
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Learn what causes tsunamis, the damage they can cause, and what to do if a tsunami is coming.
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Slide show presentation tells what causes tsunamis and discusses the impact of several 20th-century occurrences.
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Discusses what tsunamis are, what causes them, and how warning systems can help save lives.
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Features some brief facts about these gigantic waves and how they are formed.
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Shows where tsunamis have struck in the past and what they have done.
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Maps, radar images and photographs from space. Includes before and after views of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004.
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Answers questions about the Indian Ocean tsunami and also describes how these huge waves are formed and where they have happened in the past.
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Features safety brochures and statistics about tsunami and earthquakes. Can be downloaded as PDF documents for printing.
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Country by country reports of damage, historical and regional comparisons. Includes technical information on the quake and plate tectonics.
