Archive for Coastal Area Issues

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San Diego Beach Areas Closed Coastal Areas across Pacific for tsunami Impacts

on March 4, 2013 at 5:53 am

Southern California beaches, San Diego are closing this morning as a precaution following a powerful 8.9 earthquake that rocked Japan last night, killing hundreds from the temblor and a tsunami that consequently struck Japan. San Diego is at present under […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Temperate earthquake strikes Puerto Rico

on May 27, 2010 at 4:55 am

Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strike the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 1:16 a.m. (0516 GMT) four miles (six kilometers) from the small community of Espino on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Difference between tsunami and other water waves

on May 24, 2010 at 5:53 am

Tsunamis are different from wind-generated waves, which many of us may have observed on a local lake or at a coastal beach, in that they are characterized as shallow-water waves, with long periods and wave lengths.The tsunamis usually behave as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Drawback – Alerting Tsunami

on May 21, 2010 at 7:16 am

If the first part of a tsunami to reach land is a trough known as drawback, rather than a wave crest. The water along the shoreline recedes dramatically, exposing usually

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Coastal Management Zone Notification, 2008.

on August 26, 2008 at 2:58 am

Coastal areas in India are extensive and support some of the most diverse and valuable coastal resources. These rich coastal biodiversity and their invaluable support to multiple uses of human activities for many centuries present a challenge to managers/planners and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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