Kamis, 30 Desember 2004

Tsunamis caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait

Tsunamis caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait
Krakatoa is a volcanic archipelago that are still active and located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. This name ever pinned on a volcanic peak there (Mount Krakatoa), which vanish because of its own eruptions on 26-27 August 1883. The eruption was so powerful; hot clouds and the resulting tsunami killed about 36,000 people. Up until December 26, 2004, this is a terdahsyat tsunami in the Indian Ocean region. Cracking noise was heard up in Alice Springs, Australia and the island of Rodrigues near Africa, 4653 miles. Yield estimated at 30,000 times the atomic bomb that was detonated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
The eruption of Krakatoa caused global climate change. The world was dark for two and a half days due to volcanic ash that covered the atmosphere. The sun was shining dim until next year. Scattering of dust visible in the sky Norway to New York.
Noted that the eruption of Krakatoa was the first major disaster in the world after the invention of the telegraph under the sea. Progress is, unfortunately, has not been matched by progress in the field of geology. The geologist was not even able to give an explanation of these eruptions.

Selasa, 30 Desember 2003

Tsunami Aceh

Tsunami Aceh
Aceh, Indonesia.
Tectonic earthquake measuring 8.5 Richter Scale centered in the Indian Ocean (2.9 latitude and 95.6 east longitude at a depth of 20 km (in the sea is about 149 km southtown of Meulaboh ,Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam ).The quake was accompanied by a tidal wave ( tsunami) that swept some offshore areas in Indonesia (Aceh and North Sumatra), Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand.
According to the Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations (UN), Jan Egeland, the death toll from the tsunami storm in 13 countries reached 127,672 people. But the death toll in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Africa will never be known, is estimated at least 150,000 people. The UN estimates that most of the additional deaths are in Indonesia. The reason, most of the obstructed humanitarian aid to enter because there are many isolated areas.
Meanwhile, data on the number of victims killed in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra by the Ministry of Social Affairs (11.1.2005) is 105,262 people. Meanwhile, according to news agency Reuters, the number of victims of the tsunami are estimated at 168,183 inhabitants with the most common victims of Indonesia, 115 229 (as of Sunday, 16.1.2005). The total wounded as many as 124,057 people, an estimated 100,000 of them experienced by the people of Aceh and North Sumatra.