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  2. AP PHOTOS: The scars of a 9.1 earthquake and tsunami ... - AOL

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    The massive Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island. The giant wall of water killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries as far away as East Africa.

  3. A ‘non-destructive’ tsunami was spotted after California’s ...

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    A simulation shows tsunami wave behavior along the central California coastline. For visualization purposes, 70 minutes of elapse time were compressed into 20 seconds and the tsunami wave’s ...

  4. Tsunami - Wikipedia

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    Amplitude, Wave Height, or Tsunami Height: Refers to the height of a tsunami relative to the normal sea level at the time of the tsunami, which may be tidal High Water, or Low Water. It is different from the crest-to-trough height which is commonly used to measure other type of wave height.

  5. The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Wikipedia

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    The Great Wave off Kanagawa is also the subject of the 93rd episode of the BBC radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects produced in collaboration with the British Museum, which was released on 4 September 2010. [86] A replica of The Great Wave off Kanagawa was created for a documentary film about Hokusai released by the British Museum ...

  6. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami - Wikipedia

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    The wave came out of the lower part, and looked like the smallest part of the whole thing. The wave did not go up 1,800 feet, the water splashed there. [11] The wave made its way to his boat 2–3 minutes after he saw it and carried the Edrie down to the southern shore and then back near the center of the bay. Ulrich was able to control the ...

  7. The mysterious case of a 650-foot tsunami witnessed by no one

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    A 650-foot tsunami in Greenland was the result of melting glacial ice that caused a landslide. The waves it created bounced back and forth for nine days. The mysterious case of a 650-foot tsunami ...

  8. File:The Great Wave off Kanagawa.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. New Jersey fog bank looks like a tsunami wave about to ... - AOL

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    By Chris Dolce, Weather Channel With a quick glance of this image, you might think a huge tsunami wave was set to crash ashore. However, there was no need for residents and beachgoers along the ...