- Every year on November 5, we observe World Tsunami Awareness Day.
- The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about tsunamis and disaster preparedness.
- The UN General Assembly declared November 5, 2015, to be World Tsunami Awareness Day in December of 2015.
- Japan proposed to the UN General Assembly to observe this day as a national holiday.
- On November 5, 2016, this day was observed for the first time.
- 2023 is the year that the eighth World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed.
- A tsunami is a sequence of enormous waves caused by oceanic movement; these waves are typically linked to earthquakes that happen beneath or close to the seafloor.
- An earthquake’s intensity must be at least 6.5 on the Richter scale in order for a tsunami to occur.
