1. TSUNAMI TSUNAMI A tsunami or tidal wave is a series of water waves (called a tsunami wave train) caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, usually an ocean.

3. TSUNAMIS EFFECTS CAUSES EARTHQUAKES LANDSLIDES PLATE´S CRASH DESTRUCTION POVERTY DEAD

4. PRECAUTIONS (before) Protect your house and your pets Do not stay near the coast Go out to another country Keep everything in a secure place

5. PRECAUTIONS (during) Go to a higher place You aren't able to swim in this water. Don't try it! You should not film the wave RUN! You not ought to stay in the street

6. Tsunami´s diagram TSUNAMI´S DIAGRAM

7. PRECAUTIONS (after) There will be some Earthquakes. Be careful! Don't build any houses. They will fall off.

8. TSUNAMI´S ORIGIN

9. EARTHQUAKE´S PLACES Placa de Nazca Placa Sudamericana

10. 1. AN EARTHQUAKE WITH AN INTESITY > 7.5° (?) 2. EARTHQUAKE´S EPICENTER IN THE SEA 3. DEPHT: < 60 Km. 4. THE EARTHQUAKE MUST GENERATE THE PISTON´S EFFECT IN THE SEA CONDITIONS TO OCCUR A TSUNAMI

11. HOW A TSUNAMI IS

12. D E S T R U C T I O N Galle – Sr i Lanka Banda Aceh Indonesia Indonesia

13. D E S T R U C T I O N Penang - Malasya Banda Aceh - indonesia Islas Phi Phi_Tailandia

14. SUMATRA, DICEMBRE 2004