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Remembering The 2004 Asian Tsunami

Trust the Japanese to come up with the name “tsunami”.  In Japanese, it means “harbor waves”.  And that’s quite appropriate description indeed. Tsunami waves are caused by undersea tremblors or landslide.  In the depths of the oceans, such tidal waves have relatively small wave heights. If you are sailing on the surface of the oceans you [...]

Indonesia Earthquake, Samao Tsunami and Typhoon Ketsana

This has been a week of disasters. In the last 48 hours we saw 2 powerful undersea earthquakes erupting, one of which was accompanied by a tsunami.  Earlier we also saw a powerful typhoon striking five countries.

First off, a powerful 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake struck Indonesia, with Padang in Sumatra most badly affected.  Initial reports say more than [...]