hours " after " the " earthquake." The " most " powerful " wave " was " the " third," twenty " meters " high."
—" What " devastation " the " tsunami " caused!" …" Many " countries " were " involved:" Indonesia," Sri " Lanka," India," Thailand," Malaysia," Burma," Bangladesh "…" and " also " the " furthest " Maldives," Somalia," Kenya "…
—" In " fact," the " tsunami " reached " places " more " than " 4500 " kilometres " far " from " the " epicentre " …"—" Chiao " added."—" Therefore," the " sequence " of " earthquakes " was " SumatraZSamoaZSumatra. Then," after " a " moment ' s " reBlection," the " geologist " spoke " again.— Always " in " the " area " of " Sumatra," in " succession," an " earthquake " occurred " in " March " 2005 " with " a " magnitude " of " 8.6 " and " in " September " 2007 " an " earthquake " of " magnitude " 8.5 "…" Well," to " be " sincere," in " the " area " of " Sumatra," from " 2009 " to " 2010 " there " have " been " as " many " as " four " earthquakes " with " a " magnitude " of " more " than " 7 " on " the " Richter " scale.—" Why " so " many?"—" Captain " Jim " asked," a " little " surprised.—" Similar " enough " to " the " Sumatra " earthquake " was " that " one " which " took " place " in " December " 2010 " in " the " Vanuatu " islands," at " two " thousand " kilometres " distance " from " Samoa," hit " by " an " earthquake " of " magnitude " 7.3 "…" Take " note " that " those " islands " are " in " the " same " direction " of " Sumatra.—" So " it ' s " not " a " coincidence …—" No." Then," on " March " 11th," 2011 " a " devastating " earthquake " broke " out," an " endless " shock " lasted " six " minutes " that " terriBied " Japan." It " reached " magnitude " 9.0 " and " occurred " off " the " coast " of " the " Tōhoku " region " in " northern " Japan.
—" Well," who " can " forget " that " earthquake?" It " generated " a " tsunami " with " waves " more " than " 10 " meters " high " that " involved " many " countries " in " the " PaciBic " …" Some " Japanese " coasts " were " hit " by " a " wave " that " reached " the " extraordinary " height " of " 40.5 " metres " …" and " the " earthquake " caused " the " automatic " shutdown " of " eleven " nuclear " power " plants " caused " by " the " emergency " systems." It " is " impossible " to " forget " the " great " disaster " occurred " at " the " nuclear " power " plant " in " Fukushima " DaiZChi "…
—" So " uh," yeah "…" It " took " at " least " seventyZtwo " hours " for " the " waves " to " reduce " to " the " level " of " the " Bluctuations " observed " during " the " local " storms.
—" In " conclusion," Chiao," are " you " telling " me " that " large " earthquakes " always " and " only " occur " in " South " Asia?
—" No," certainly " not," Jim." This " is " not " what " I " want " to " tell " you." In " fact," in " August " 2008 " an " earthquake " occurred " in " Siberia," and " it " was " of " magnitude " 9.0;" another " one " took " place " in " Chile " in " February " 2010," with " a " magnitude " of " 8.8 "…—" So " what " do " you " mean?—" Well," I " mean " that " at " least " six " major " earthquakes " have " occurred " in " only " seven " years," but " after " forty " years " of " substantial " absence " of " similar " phenomena." What " do " those " events " tell " us?" Is " there " any " correlation " between " them?