UN: In the next 10 years 50 percent of the world's population, threatened by tsunamis

Anadolu Agency (AA), providing UN data and the World Health Organisation (OBSH), compiled data on tsunamis that have occurred in the past 100 years, causes of show, impact on society, risks posed after tsunamis and loss of lives.

According to the report the UN released in 2020, the tsunami disaster will reach dimensions of 50 percent of the world's population within 10 years.

The report reportedly that implementing relevant policies and measures in advance can help prevent possible disaster scenarios.

The UN, tsunami, has placed it within the context of more dangerous natural disasters as it warned of preventing urbanisation and tourism in tsunami-minded regions, or a large number of people could be put at risk.

Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan are the first among the countries most affected by tsunamis.

The underwater earthquakes with at least 6.5 on the Richter scale can cause tsunamis.

Besides earthquakes; mud slides, volcanic eruptions, underwater landslides, and the collapse of coastal rocks can also cause tsunamis.

In 100 years, 260 thousand lost their lives.

According to UN and WHO data, as a result of 58 tsunamis in the past 100 years, nearly 260 thousand people have lost their lives.

Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, and Japan are where the tsunami has mostly occurred.

Oceanography Commission U n NESTO (IOC) in recent years has developed a series of works to coordinate early tsunami warning services.

To that end, four early warning stations have been created and the Pacific tsunami softening system and the Indian Ocean, in the Caribbean regions, the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.

With these works, U n NESTO aims to raise awareness of practices to be done to minimize loss of lives and property in tsunami disasters.

10 The Greatest tsunamis in History

After the 9.1 magnitude earthquake on the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on December 26, 2004, tsunami occurred. After the earthquake, which is predicted to have occurred at a depth of 30 kilometers, the 50m-high waves in Meubolah, Sumatra, reached up to five miles [5 km] of the earth. Some 230 thousand lost their lives in this disaster.

A tsunami on the coast of northern Pacific Japan on March 11, 2011, killed over 18 thousand people. The 10m - high waves on the east coast of Japan caused 452 thousand people to be transported to temporary shelters.

The 100 - foot [30 m] - high waves, which occurred after the 8.5 - magnitude earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal's capital, on November 1, 1755, strongly affected many cities on the west coast of Portugal and southern Spain, as well as Morocco. After the earthquake and tsunami, about 60,000 people in Portugal, Morocco, and Spain lost their lives.

In the tsunami of August 27, 1883, in Indonesia, the eruption of the Krakatau Caldera volcano destroyed the towns of Anier and Merak. As a result of the 38 thousand-strong tsunami, they lost their lives, and as a result of the 2 thousand volcanic eruption, they lost their lives.

An 8.3 magnitude earthquake is estimated to have occurred on September 20, 1498, in Japan's Enshunada Sea. The tsunami as a result of the quake reportedly affected the coasts of Chii, Mikawa, Surug, Izu, and Sagam and lost its lives of 31 thousand.

And as a result of another 8.4 - magnitude earthquake that took place in Nancaido, Japan, on October 28, 1707, affected the coasts of Kyushyu, Duke, and Honsh. The waves rose to 15 feet [25 m]. In the region affected by the tsunami, it has been noted that many settlements have been damaged and about 30,000 people have lost their lives.

Earthquake 7.6 in Japan's Sanriku region on June 15, 1896, and the tsunami that followed destroyed more than 11,000 homes and killed 22 thousand people. The 38m waves, reportedly affected the east coast of China and killed 40,000 people.

The tsunami, which occurred after the 8.5 - magnitude earthquake in northern Chile, was recorded on August 13, 1868. The tsunami, with its waves up to 22 feet [21 m], lasted 3 days and killed some 25 thousand people.

It is also said that the 7.4 - magnitude quake in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan on April 24, 1771, affected many islands in the region, and the 85 - foot - high [85 m] waves caused the worst damage on Ishigaki Island. About 12,000 lost their lives in this disaster.

On January 18, 1586, the 8.2 - magnitude earthquake in Japan's Ise Bay region caused a tsunami, and the waves rose to 20 feet [6 m] high. The number of victims is unknown. /AAA/