A tsunami (/(t)suːˈnɑːmi, (t)sʊˈ-/ (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water...
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A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, devastated...
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of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災...
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This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated...
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Megatsunami (redirect from Mega-tsunami)
of water. Megatsunamis have different features from ordinary tsunamis. Ordinary tsunamis are caused by underwater tectonic activity (movement of the earth's...
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Look up Tsunami, tsunami, or tsunâmi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tsunami is an unusually powerful series of water waves, a prominent recent example...
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Tsunami Disaster can refer to: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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injured, and some remain possibly missing in Tonga from tsunami waves up to 20 m (66 ft) high. Tsunami waves with run-up heights up to 45 m (148 ft) struck...
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(NOAA) scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii eventually issued warnings of a possible tsunami from the large earthquake off Sumatra...
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2024 Noto earthquake (redirect from 2024 Sea of Japan earthquake and tsunami)
Noto-hantō Jishin). It led to Japan's first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, and a tsunami of 6.58 m (22 ft) was measured along the Sea...
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