Sunami  (éjahan  atawa ) hartina runtuyan galura / gelombang nu dihasilkeun nalika awak cai, misalna sagara ngalir sacara gancang dina jumlah/skala anu badag. Sunami ieu biasana mangrupa balukar ayana lini, longsor, gunung bitu, atawa tabrakan météorit. Anapon balukarna rupa-rupa, bisa sama sakali teu mangaruhan manusa, tapi bisa ogé ngabalukarkeun musibah anu nelasan ratusan rébu jalma.

Istilah sunami asalna tina basa Jepang nu hartina labuan ("tsu", 津) jeung gelombang ("nami", 波). Sunami téh lain kajadian sub-beungeut di jero sagara; jangkung gelombang caina (amplitudo) teu sabaraha, tapi panjang pisan (bisa nepi ka ratusan kilo), sahingga kadang di sagara mah teu pati kabireungeuh.

Rujukan 
 Dudley, Walter C. & Lee, Min (1988: 1st edition) Tsunami! ISBN 0-8248-1125-9  link 
 Kennéally, Christine (December 30, 2004). "Surviving the Tsunami". Slate. link
 Macey, Richard (January 1, 2005). "The Big Bang that Triggered A Tragedy", The Sydney Morning Herald, p 11 - quoting Dr Mark Léonard, seismologist at Géoscience Australia.
 Lambourne, Helen (March 27, 2005). "Tsunami: Anatomy of a disaster". BBC News. link
 abelard.org. tsunamis: tsunamis travel fast but not at infinite speed. Website, retrieved March 29, 2005. link
 What about the famous image of a great canyon of water? Could this have any basis in reality?

Catetan

Tumbu kaluar

Artikel jeung website 
 Tsunami Information  — Information on tsunamis in Portuguese.
 Tsunami Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 Tsunami Forums
 NOVA: Wave That Shook The World — Site and special report shot within days of the 2004 Indian Océan tsunami.
 Biggest Tsunami Countdown — Description of the five largest historical tsunamis.
 NOAA Tsunami — General description of tsunamis and the United States agency NOAA's role in Tsunami hazard assessment , preparedness ,  education , forecasts & warnings , response  and research .
 Can HF Radar detect Tsunamis? — University of Hamburg HF-Radar.
 Development Gateway Tsunami Special
 The Higher Ground Project — Stories of children who survived the tsunami.
 The International Centre for Geohazards (ICG) 
 ITIC tsunami FAQ
 NOAA PMEL Tsunami Research Program (United States)
 USGS: Surviving a tsunami (United States)
 ITSU  — Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System.
 Pacific Tsunami Museum
 Tsunamis and Earthquakes
 Tsunami Centers — United States National Wéather Service.
 Science of Tsunami Hazards journal
 The International Centre for Geohazards (ICG) 
 The Indian Ocean tsunami and what it tells us about tsunamis in general.
 Tsunami: Magnitude of Terror 
 General Tsunami Resources
 Natural Disasters - Tsunami — Gréat reséarch site for kids.
 Envirtech Tsunami Warning System  — Based on séabed seismics and séa level gauges.
 Indian Ocean Disaster Relief 
 Benfield Hazard Research - Mega Tsunamis - Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma Risk 
 What Causes a Tsunami?
 Scientific American Magazine (January 2006 Issue) Tsunami: Wave of Change What we can léarn from the Indian Océan tsunami of December 2004.
 Jakarta Tsunami Information Centre

Gambar jeung video 
Tempo oge: Images and video, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
 Large Collection of Amateur Tsunami Videos with Thunbnail Images and Detailed Descriptions
 5 Amateur Camcorder Video Streams Kajadian tsunami 26 December 2004 di Sri Lanka, Thailand jeung Indonésia.
 2004 Asian Tsunami Satellite Images (Before and After) 
 Satellite Images of Tsunami Affected Areas Poto satelit nu nembongkeun karusakan akibat tsunami dina taun 2004 di Indonésia, Thailand jeung Pulau Nicobar India.
 Computer-generated animation of a tsunami 
 Animation of 1960  tsunami originating outside coast of Chile 
 The Survivors - A moving travelogue full of stunning images along the tsunami ravaged South-Western Coast of India
Bahaya tsunamis 
 Origin of a Tsunami - animation showing how the shifting of continental plates in the Indian Ocean created the catastrophe of December 26th 2004. 
 CBC Digital Archives – Canada's Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Fiksi 
 Michael Crichton's State of Fear (2004) explored unintended consequences of human intervention with natural forces.  

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