Category: Tsunami

When you feel the ground shake, please leave the beach area and quickly move to a higher place.

Even if you do not feel any shaking or earthquake, a tsunami may occur. Please turn on your radio, TV or cell phone to receive news and follow the latest warnings and 　leave for a safe place in time.

If you receive a tsunami warning, avoid swimming, fishing, or playing at the beach.

The tsunami will come again and again, and the latter wave may be higher and larger than the first wave. Please do not return to your original location, but follow the disaster prevention information to confirm safety before returning.

Depending on how the earthquake occurs, a tsunami may occur suddenly or upstream. Even if you do not feel the shaking, a distant earthquake may bring a tsunami.

When a huge wave with submarine sediment – a very destructive tsunami – hits the coast – ships, houses, cars, etc. can be instantly swallowed up and even washed up to unexpected heights.

The speed of the tsunami is extremely fast, so if you see a tsunami on the coast, then it may already be too late because you can not run away from the speed of the tsunami.
Moreover, the tsunami will come again and again and the height of the first wave may not be as high as the second wave that follows because it cannot be predicted.

Therefore, whether it is only a slight shaking from a mild earthquake, you should be aware of the possibility of tsunami and evacuate in time.

In an earthquake that occurs at a plate boundary, the top of the land plate is jacked up, causing the seawater directly above to rise and sink – and this movement of the seawater forms a tsunami.

Tsunamis are caused the simultaneous movement of seawater from the sea floor to the sea surface, and the impact and devastation of the massive amount of water that floods coastal areas can be tremendous.

Tsunamis not only occur in the sea but can also occur in the mountains when a large mudslide flows into a lake or pond – or dam, setting off huge waves of water.