nebheperure Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 It would be interesting to know how many people would have died if tsunami would hit Shetland(s). Any ideas?> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISOT Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 What size of Tsunami were you thinkin of? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific neb. From what direction and of what level? Compared to the tsunami's that have hit in the past? Or if you mean a really big tsunami, like from a large meteor strike: ±23,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 It would be interesting to know...Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Now that I come to think of it, the answer is a proven zero. Two seismic events in the past five years would have spawned tsunamis, as such, and neither tsunami was even noticed, let alone fatal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebheperure Posted August 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 What size of Tsunami were you thinkin of? Cheers be specific otherwise no reply (H=50m) haaa aaaaaa..... read it:As with earthquakes, several attempts have been made to set up scales of tsunami intensity or magnitude to allow comparison between different events.[26] Intensity scales The first scales used routinely to measure the intensity of tsunami were the Sieberg-Ambraseys scale, used in the Mediterranean Sea and the Imamura-Iida intensity scale, used in the Pacific Ocean. The latter scale was modified by Soloviev, who calculated the Tsunami intensity I according to the formula: I=1/2+log2 Hav where Hav is the average wave height along the nearest coast. This scale, known as the Soloviev-Imamura tsunami intensity scale, is used in the global tsunami catalogues compiled by the NGDC/NOAA and the Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory as the main parameter for the size of the tsunami. Magnitude scales The first scale that genuinely calculated a magnitude for a tsunami, rather than an intensity at a particular location was the ML scale proposed by Murty & Loomis based on the potential energy.[26] Difficulties in calculating the potential energy of the tsunami mean that this scale is rarely used. Abe introduced the tsunami magnitude scale Mt, calculated from, Mt=alogh+blog R=Dwhere h is the maximum tsunami-wave amplitude (in m) measured by a tide gauge at a distance R from the epicenter, a, b & D are constants used to make the Mt scale match as closely as possible with the moment magnitude scale.[27] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 be specific otherwise no reply I'll try again. It would be interesting to know...Why would it be interesting to know how many people would die in Shetland due to a Tsunami? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 The OP seems to be obsessed with reducing Shetland's population. First gunmen, now tsunamis. what's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 he must feel the need for space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 The OP seems to be obsessed with reducing Shetland's population. First gunmen, now tsunamis. what's next?neb... don't forget the Lava Flows coming down Ronas Hill... George. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISOT Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 What size of Tsunami were you thinkin of? Cheers be specific otherwise no reply (H=50m) haaa aaaaaa.....read it:As with earthquakes, several attempts have been made to set up scales of tsunami intensity or magnitude to allow comparison between different events.[26] Intensity scales The first scales used routinely to measure the intensity of tsunami were the Sieberg-Ambraseys scale, used in the Mediterranean Sea and the Imamura-Iida intensity scale, used in the Pacific Ocean. The latter scale was modified by Soloviev, who calculated the Tsunami intensity I according to the formula: I=1/2+log2 Hav where Hav is the average wave height along the nearest coast. This scale, known as the Soloviev-Imamura tsunami intensity scale, is used in the global tsunami catalogues compiled by the NGDC/NOAA and the Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory as the main parameter for the size of the tsunami. Magnitude scales The first scale that genuinely calculated a magnitude for a tsunami, rather than an intensity at a particular location was the ML scale proposed by Murty & Loomis based on the potential energy.[26] Difficulties in calculating the potential energy of the tsunami mean that this scale is rarely used. Abe introduced the tsunami magnitude scale Mt, calculated from, Mt=alogh+blog R=Dwhere h is the maximum tsunami-wave amplitude (in m) measured by a tide gauge at a distance R from the epicenter, a, b & D are constants used to make the Mt scale match as closely as possible with the moment magnitude scale.[27] Is this not a reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Past tsunami striking Shetland were not caused by earthquake but by underwater avalanche seehttp://www.landforms.eu/shetland/tsunami%20deposits.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 It would be interesting to know how many people would have died if tsunami would hit Shetland(s). Any ideas?> If the result was to move Shetlnd someplace warmer, I really don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 It would be interesting to know how many people would have died if tsunami would hit Shetland(s). Any ideas?>Plenty..try Smoking a Kipper instead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Plenty..try Smoking a Kipper instead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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