Exactly one hundred years ago the people of Norway were going through a momentous period in their history. The collapse of Krakatoa volcano on Aug. 27 sent a series of awesome tsunamis around the world. The tsunami was followed by malaria epidemics and crop failures. Please visit the following section, Crew Center is website run by ex-crew members sharing their experience and Insights about life and work on cruise ships. That beauty created a stark contrast once all hell broke loose. Protagonist searches for rest of family. I traveled the fjords in a cruise and, it was spectacular, in Geiranger we took a tour to the top and the views were spectacular. The tsunami killed more than 220,000 people around the world and prompted U.S. officials to focus on tsunami preparedness closer to home. A different theory suggests that melting glaciers from Norway carried so much sediment to the edge of the Norwegian continental shelf. On 25 October 2010, a 7.7 earthquake struck near the island of, On 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the. Without giving away too much, I do feel the need to warn you of two especiallygruesome moments and a harrowing decision for Kristian's wife Idun (Ane Dahl Torp)as the post-wave race for survival intensifies. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center recorded a 76mm (3.0in) rise in sea level near the epicenter, and New Zealand scientists noted waves up to 14m (46ft) off the coast of Samoa. The hundreds of mountain lakes in Norway are also at risk. On 2 April 1762, the west coast of Myanmar (Burma) and Chittagong was hit by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.8, trigerring a tsunami in the Bay of Bengal and killing more than 200 people. Stranded at Frederikstad, St. Croix, Virgin Islands on 4 March 1868 after an unsuccessful launching attempt. On 15 January 1905 a huge chunk of the 1,500-metre-high Mt. Their opinions mean NOTHING. Extremely rare white killer whale spotted off California coast. List of tsunamis - Wikipedia Protagonist and family ALL survive. Rockfalls and the waves that they generate are a real and present hazard in Norway's fiord country. The problem is that the rest of the movie suffers for it. Definitely Tafjord after the accident. Stay up to date on the latest science news by signing up for our Essentials newsletter. [CDATA[// >
