ND : Tsunami - Myths and Facts about it

Till now, all of us have seen the tsunami and the destruction it can cause. Here are some of the facts that should be enlightened about tsunami.

What is Tsunami :

Tsunami can be better described as giant waves that rises in the sea or oceans and have the capability to engulf the coastal area in minutes, as if there were no land there before. Tsunami can be as much as high as per our imagination. Largest ever Tsunami has been recorded more than 500m high and having the speed of nearly 750-850 kmph.

Cause of Tsunami :

It has always been a myth about tsunami that it occurs only due to the earthquake inside the sea. But the fact is that tsunami can also occur due to the motion of volcanic eruptions, or due to a massive landslide into the sea. Due to these happenings, a certain column of water arises which, with the due course of time, gathers speed and height. As it comes near the shore, its speed and height both increases gradually. After it gets on to the coast, it starts the destruction which gets stopped until its whole of the energy gets dissipated.

Current Tsunami in Southern Asia :

December 26th, 2005 was the day when an earthquake in the Indian Ocean engulfed many lives, around 200,000 within a minute. The epicenter of this earthquake was some distance from the coast of Sumatra. It was so huge that it wiped away the actual "Indira Point", which is known to be the actual end of India.