Tsunami Visualizations part of Hazards:Visualization Collections
Compiled by John McDaris and Monica Bruckner at SERC. This page presents animations and movies related to tsunamis and their effects on the physical and human landscape. Browse the complete set of Visualization ...

Tsunami Caught on Camera part of Videos:Video Gallery
A British Documentary on the Boxing Day Tsunami that hit Asia in 2004

2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami part of Hazards:Events
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9-9 megathrust earthquake off the north eastern coast of Japan triggered a large tsunami, with wave heights reaching up to 10m. These two events caused widespread devastation and destruction in Japan, including washing away entire cities as well as damaging the country's nuclear power plants, thus causing potential meltdowns.

2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami part of Hazards:Events
This page presents visualizations and other resources related to the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami. This event constituted one of the largest disasters in history, causing the deaths of over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (98 ft) high.

Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves part of Videos:Video Gallery
This video is of the tsunami in Japan in 2011.

February 2010 Chile Earthquake and Tsunami part of Hazards:Events
Centered off the coast near Maule, Chile, this 8.8 magnitude earthquake on February 27, 2010 was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The massive quake also triggered a tsunami that swept across the Pacific basin.

The 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami part of Visualization:Examples
Steve Kluge
In this multi-part activity, students study seismograms from different seismic stations recording the Sumatra earthquake of December 26th, 2004 and then determine the epicenter of the quake and track the tsunami it ...

Earthquake Visualizations part of Hazards:Visualization Collections
Find animations showing seismograph operation, tsunami, P and S Waves, earthquake focus versus epicenter, and actual footage of an earthquake.

Earthquake Hazards I: Ground Failure part of Videos:Video Gallery
This video describes the geological hazards that result when the ground is shaken during an earthquake. We consider various forms of ground failure such as shaking, liquefaction, landslides and surface ruptures. We include historical footage from the damage of two of the largest US earthquakes - the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1964 Great Alaskan earthquake. We added short clips of two benchtop models of basic processes and larded the whole thing up with plenty of images to illustrate the features under discussion.

Japan's Nuclear Emergency, March, 2011 part of Energy
Compiled by Karin Kirk and Monica Bruckner, SERC. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 resulted in emergency shutdowns at many of Japan's nuclear power plants. At the Fukushima ...