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7/21/365: a powerful earthquake off the coast of Greece causes a tsunami that devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt and the surrounding area killing 50000, destroying 50,000 buildings, and poisoning the fertile land with salt water for decades.

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6/16/1896: A tsunami originating from an earthquake in the Japan Trench claims up to 27,000 lives

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2/5/1783: In southern Italy, 80,000 people died in the estimated 7.5-8M earthquake and tsunami of 1783

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Malaysia tsunami: At least 222 people were killed, more than 800 were injured

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A tsunami hit Pandeglang, Serang and South Lampung, Indonesia, Saturday night with at least 168 people killed and at least another 745 missing.

CNN


All Saint’s Day, 1755: A series of 3 earthquakes + a 20′ tsunami hits Lisbon, Portugal, killing as many as 50,000 people

History Channel


In little more than half a century, Sulawesi has endured dozens of earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

NYT

  • “….At least 1,649 people have been confirmed killed by the twin natural disasters on Sept. 28. Many more are believed to have died, been buried under soil, swept away by waves or trapped in a tangle of crushed buildings that will take months, if not years, to clear.….”


What happened to Indonesia’s early warning system for tsunami detection?

NYT

  • Indonesia’s system, completed in 2008, consists of seismographic sensors, buoys (record changes in the sea level), tidal gauges (measure changes in sea level every 15 minutes and send the data to the national meteorological agency) and GPS.
  • None of the 22 buoys was operational (vandalism and lack of maintenance)
  • No data observation equipment near enough to Palu to measure tidal changes in the immediate area.
  • After Friday’s earthquake struck, all three tsunami waves hit the area fewer than 11 minutes later.

This diagram shows how tsunami wave information in the deep ocean is transmitted from DART systems via satellite to NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.

This diagram shows how tsunami wave information in the deep ocean is transmitted from DART systems via satellite to NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.


Mass burials in Indonesia & hundreds of aftershocks continue to reverberate around Central Sulawesi, hindering rescue operations.


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