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All natural disasters

All natural disasters. Avalanches. Earthquakes. Volcanic eruptions. Floods. Tsunami. Blizzards. Droughts. Tornados. The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Earthquake.

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All natural disasters

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  1. All natural disasters

  2. Avalanches

  3. Earthquakes

  4. Volcanic eruptions

  5. Floods

  6. Tsunami

  7. Blizzards

  8. Droughts

  9. Tornados

  10. The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan

  11. Earthquake The 9.0 magnitude (MW) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km ,with its epicenter approximately 72 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.The earthquake was initially reported as 7.9 MW by the USGS before it was quickly upgraded to 8.8  MW, then to 8.9  MW,and then finally to 9.0  Mw.Sendai was the nearest major city to the earthquake, 130 km from the epicenter; the earthquake occurred 373 km from Tokyo.

  12. Tsunami The earthquake, caused by 6 to 8 meters upthrust on a 180-km wide seabed at 60 km offshore from the east coast of Tōhoku,resulted in a major tsunami that brought destruction along the Pacific coastline of Japan's northern islands. Thousands of lives were lost when entire towns were devastated. The tsunami propagated throughout the Pacific Ocean region reaching the entire Pacific coast of North and South America from Alaska to Chile. Warnings were issued and evacuations carried out in many countries bordering the Pacific. However, while the tsunami affected many of these places, the extent was minor.Chile's Pacific coast, one of the furthest from Japan at about 17,000 km distant, was struck by waves 2 m high,comparedwith an estimated wave height of 38.9 meters at Omoe peninsula, Miyako city, Japan.

  13. Pictures Earthquake- Tsunami-

  14. END By VesselinMitonov 10b No.9

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