1852 Indian Ocean storm surge
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1852 Indian Ocean storm surge was a part of a tsunami
that occurred in 1852.
1852 Indian Ocean storm surge
and tsunami was an undersea megathrust earthquake
that occurred in 1852 and led to many lives lost.
, killed thousands of people. Many ships coming from Arabian sea
were drowned. In the same accident, a ship carrying 600 pilgrimage of Hajj
was also drowned on 2 July 1852 (Friday) after combating the tidal waves incessantly for 3–4 days. Only 50 passengers out of six hundreds could able to save their lives
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
that occurred in 1852.
1852 Indian Ocean storm surge
Storm surge
A storm surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system, typically tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones. Storm surges are caused primarily by high winds pushing on the ocean's surface. The wind causes the water to pile up higher than the ordinary sea...
and tsunami was an undersea megathrust earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
that occurred in 1852 and led to many lives lost.
Ships coming from Arabian sea
The earthquake bordering the Indian OceanIndian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
, killed thousands of people. Many ships coming from Arabian sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
were drowned. In the same accident, a ship carrying 600 pilgrimage of Hajj
Hajj
The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so...
was also drowned on 2 July 1852 (Friday) after combating the tidal waves incessantly for 3–4 days. Only 50 passengers out of six hundreds could able to save their lives
See also
- List of earthquakes
- Megathrust earthquakeMegathrust earthquakeMegathrust earthquakes occur at subduction zones at destructive plate boundaries , where one tectonic plate is forced under another. Due to the shallow dip of the plate boundary, which causes large sections to get stuck, these earthquakes are among the world's largest, with moment magnitudes ...
- MegatsunamiMegatsunamiMegatsunami is an informal term to describe a tsunami that has initial wave heights that are much larger than normal tsunamis...
- Plate tectonicsPlate tectonicsPlate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere...
- SeismologySeismologySeismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic,...
- SeismotectonicsSeismotectonicsSeismotectonics is the study of the relationship between the earthquakes, active tectonics and individual faults of a region. It seeks to understand which faults are responsible for seismic activity in an area by analysing a combination of regional tectonics, recent instrumentally recorded events,...
- TectonicsTectonicsTectonics is a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the lithosphere of the Earth and particularly with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures.Tectonics is concerned with the orogenies and tectonic development of...
- TsunamiTsunamiA tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- Aid Still RequiredAid Still RequiredAid Still Required is a not for profit 501c3 organization committed to bringing attention and humanitarian aid to areas suffering from natural disasters or human crises. Incorporated in Santa Monica, California in 2008 as a result of founders Hunter and Andrea Herz Payne’s three-year journey...
- 'Children of the Tsunami: No More TearsChildren of the Tsunami: No More TearsChildren of Tsunami: No More Tears is a 24-minute documentary film that was produced at the end of 2005. The program depicts the lives of eight children in four Asian countries during the year following the Indian Ocean tsunami that struck South and Southeast Asia on 26 December 2004...
' (documentary film) - Tsunami: The Aftermath, a television miniseries about its after-effects
- Tsunami Evaluation CoalitionTsunami Evaluation CoalitionThe Tsunami Evaluation Coalition was a unique learning and accountability initiative in the relief and development sector. It was first established in February 2005 to carry out joint evaluations of the response to the Asian earthquake and tsunamis of 26 December 2004.The TEC had over 50 member...