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Smith learned about tsunamis in a geography lesson, [4] [5] two weeks before the tsunami, from her teacher Andrew Kearney at Danes Hill School. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Specifically, Smith recalled watching black-and-white footage in class of the tsunami resulting from the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and being taught by Kearney for the warning ...
Documentary films about tsunamis, a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes , volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings , meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water ...
Films about tsunamis, a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.
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The extreme weather phenomenon coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami which struck India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia, among other nations, in 2004 ...
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand. A tsunami (/(t) s uː ˈ n ɑː m i, (t) s ʊ ˈ-/ (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.
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.
The first tsunami to reach South Korea's coast was 67 cm (2.2 ft) but it may increase in size after the initial waves and may continue for more than 24 hours, the meteorological agency said