And the number of new home sales has also hit a six-year high, surging by 18.6% to an annual rate of 504,000 new homes in May.
The shock sent a series of giant waves – some 66ft high – surging across the Indian Ocean, some at speeds of up to 310mph an hour.
Internet-related complaints to the industry ombudsman have hit a five-year high, surging by more than a fifth between July 2015 and June 2016.
The number of temblors of magnitude 3.0 or higher surged from 41 in 2010 to 623 last year, according to Oklahoma state records.
Macquarie Group led the financial firms higher, surging by 1.97 Australian dollars ($1.34), or 8.7%, to 24.60 Australian dollars ($16.69).
The overhead line has a high series inductance and relatively low shunt capacitance that leads to a high surge impedance.
But people were killed instead by a 5-metre (16-foot) high surge of water which flooded the structure.
The drivers troubleshoot insurance plans and used cars, try to read the tea leaves on Uber announcements, commiserate when they all wake up to a new (usually unannounced) fare cut, or celebrate successful days of catching high surge fares.
He recalled that after Hurricane Ike struck the Texas coast in 2008, FEMA paid for signs in the community of Clear Lake, near Houston, that were intended to tell homeowners how high surge waters from a major storm would rise there.
