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  2. Tsunami warning system - Wikipedia

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    A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. It is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communications infrastructure to issue timely alarms to permit evacuation of the coastal areas.

  3. Tsunami - Wikipedia

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    Major areas of current research include determining why some large earthquakes do not generate tsunamis while other smaller ones do. This ongoing research is designed to help accurately forecast the passage of tsunamis across oceans as well as how tsunami waves interact with shorelines.

  4. Why a massive California tsunami alert was issued - AOL

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    The alert just before 11 a.m. warned that "a tsunami with damaging waves and powerful current is possible." But about an hour later, the alert was canceled . It felt to some like emergency whiplash.

  5. Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis - Wikipedia

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    With the Pacific Ocean creating 85 percent of the world's tsunamis [4], the majority of new tsunami detecting buoy equipment will be installed around the pacific rim, while only seven buoys will be placed along the Atlantic and Caribbean coast because even though tsunamis are rare in the Atlantic, there have been records of deadly tsunamis ...

  6. Rogue wave - Wikipedia

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    Rogue waves do not appear to have a single distinct cause but occur where physical factors such as high winds and strong currents cause waves to merge to create a single large wave. [1] Recent research suggests sea state crest-trough correlation leading to linear superposition may be a dominant factor in predicting the frequency of rogue waves. [3]

  7. Submarine earthquake - Wikipedia

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    When the rough spots can no longer hold, the sudden release of the built-up motion releases, and the sudden movement under the sea floor causes a submarine earthquake. This area of slippage both horizontally and vertically is called the epicenter , and has the highest magnitude, and causes the greatest damage.

  8. National Tsunami Warning Center - Wikipedia

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    The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering all coastal regions of the United States and Canada, except Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Until 2013, it was known as the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

  9. Woman Shares Why Cruise Ships Are The Worst, Tells ... - AOL

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    Image credits: Andrea Piacquadio (not the actual photo) But after spending two weeks at sea, this travel content creator decided to expose the worst aspects of going on a cruise