Trail of tsunami disaster The word tsunami is made of two Japanese characters. �Tsu� means harbor and �nami� means wave.
Shortly before 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Christmas night, 6:58:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, Dec. 26, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake took place off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Tsunamis occur when an earthquake or some other event disturbs the sea floor. This earthquake disturbed a 620-mile section along the boundary of huge geological plates. Tsunamis can travel up to 600 miles-per-hour, the speed of a jet. This one probably traveled about 500 miles-per-hour, said Brian Atwater, geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Once a tsunami is formed, it tends to decrease in speed but increase in height when it moves toward shallower water. This weekend�s tsunami sent waves up to 30-feet � about the height of a three-story building � crashing into countries in Asia and Africa. Reported by Melanie Eversley USA TODAY. Sources: United States Geological Survey, The Associated Press. Muhammad Dafiq Saib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Assalamu'alaikum wr.wb., Di dalam surah At Taghabun (Surah 64): ayat 11 Allah SWT bafirman; Setiap musibah yang menimpa adalah dengan izin Allah (sesuai dengan sunatullah). Barangsiapa yang beriman kepada Allah, niscaya Dia akan menunjuki hatinya. Dan Allah Maha Mengetahui segala sesuatu. ____________________________________________________ Berhenti/mengganti konfigurasi keanggotaan anda, silahkan ke: http://rantaunet.org/palanta-setting ------------------------------------------------------------ Tata Tertib Palanta RantauNet: http://rantaunet.org/palanta-tatatertib ____________________________________________________
