by | March 19th, 2006
We are all familiar with tsunami’s after the 2004 Asian tsunami left Banda Aceh destroyed. Tsunami’s or ‘harbor waves’ can be created by landslides and earthquakes. Recently in Maluku a 6.4 earthquake caused a tsunami generating 5 meter waves. At least 2 local people were killed and leaving 3 missing.
What to do in an earthquake: Get outside, or failing that lay next to solid object (stone bath tub, stone kitchen counter etc.). What to do in a tsunami: Not sure, except get high in strong structure. Here in Bali we did not seem to feel anything from the earthquake
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Nick, I live in California (Long Beach) and I’m less than a mile(1600m)from the sea so I know all about quakes…and I been through several. We get the ‘kicker’ type: These are one mighty jolt followed by 30-90 seconds of realtively easy rolling. All our known major faults slide sideways so there is little danger of a local Tsunami here.
As for surving a quake: Rule number one… DO NOT F’ING RUN!!
Relax, calm down and head for the nearest anything that looks sturdy enough to protect you from falling things.
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