enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Tsunami - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

    The term "tsunami" is a borrowing from the Japanese tsunami 津波, meaning "harbour wave."For the plural, one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s, or use an invariable plural as in the Japanese. [14]

  3. What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/causes-tsunami-ocean-scientist...

    As word of the eruption spread, government agencies on surrounding islands and in places as far away as New Zealand, Japan and even the U.S. West Coast issued tsunami warnings.

  4. Tsunami earthquake - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami_earthquake

    A tsunami earthquake can be defined as an undersea earthquake for which the surface-wave magnitude M s differs markedly from the moment magnitude M w, because the former is calculated from surface waves with a period of about 20 seconds, whereas the latter is a measure of the total energy release at all frequencies. [2]

  5. Megatsunami - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatsunami

    A megatsunami is a tsunami with an initial wave amplitude measured in many tens or hundreds of metres.The term "megatsunami" has been defined by media and has no precise definition, although it is commonly taken to refer to tsunamis over 100 metres (330 ft) high. [2]

  6. Quake prompts brief tsunami warning on the West Coast. Here's ...

    lite.aol.com/news/world/story/0001/20241205/37a...

    It generated a tsunami that was as high as 167 feet (51 meters), causing an estimated 230,000 deaths. Another magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck in Japan in 2011, creating a tsunami with waves reaching 1,272 feet (39 meters). The tsunami caused about 18,000 deaths and prompted a nuclear power plant accident. 12/05/2024 15:48 -0500

  7. Portal:Tsunamis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Tsunamis

    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.

  8. Why Thursday's Tsunami Warning was issued and what it ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/why-thursdays-tsunami-warning...

    The Tsunami Warning, which means a tsunami with flooding and dangerous currents is imminent, was issued for the area from just south of Florence, Oregon, down to Davenport, California, when the 7. ...

  9. List of tsunamis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis

    A tsunami hitting a coastline. This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred.. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, [1] but are a worldwide natural phenomenon.