Tsunami caused the biggest devastation many years ago...
Tsunami caused the biggest devastation many years ago...Whenever a tsunami engulfs a city situated on the seashore, thousands of lives are destroyed. This is the reason why World tsunami Day is celebrated every year on 5 november to make people aware of the dangers of tsunami. Let us tell you, the United Nations recognized this day in 2015. Let us tell you in this news today about the tsunami, which caused the biggest devastation in human history. This incident happened in 1975. The year 1975 was a devastating year for Portugal. This year the country had to data-face a tsunami that killed thousands of people. This tsunami came after the earthquake of 1 november 1755, which occurred in Lisbon. The main cause of this tsunami in 1975 was a sea earthquake, which occurred near the coast of Portugal. The intensity of this earthquake was measured at 7.5 at that time.There was terrible destructionThe tsunami that came after this earthquake caused terrible destruction in many cities. Regarding this destruction, it is said that as soon as the earthquake tremors ended, the high waves of the sea started moving rapidly towards the coast. These waves were so powerful and huge that they razed everything situated on the shore to the ground.95000 people diedAccording to the information available on the Internet, this tsunami took the lives of about 90000 people. Apart from this, several lakh people were affected by this tsunami. The cities which were destroyed by this tsunami took months to resettle. It is said that this tsunami destroyed schools, hospitals and residential buildings in Lisbon and its surrounding areas.The tsunami of 2004 was also bigApart from 1975, a similar tsunami came in the year 2004, which affected 14 countries of the world including India. On 26 december 2004, after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake, the tsunami in the indian Ocean caused such devastation that millions of people in 14 countries died. In india alone, about 12 thousand people died due to this tsunami.