A countdown of the five biggest tsunami events in recorded history.
Promotes public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. Includes answers to commonly asked questions and tsunami photographs.
Highlights include animated illustrations, articles, an "Ask the Experts" section, photographs, and video downloads.
Discover the power of waves and how fast they can travel. Includes animations and videos clips.
Features some brief facts about these gigantic waves and how they are formed.
Learn all about tsunamis and how most form from undersea earthquakes. Get facts, stories, maps and pictures from National Geographic Kids magazine.
Shows where tsunamis have struck in the past and what they have done.
Discusses what tsunamis are, what causes them, and how warning systems can help save lives.
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]
Country by country reports of damage, historical and regional comparisons. Includes technical information on the quake and plate tectonics.
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