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The asteroid linked to the extinction of dinosaurs, which created the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán Peninsula approximately 66 million years ago, would have caused a megatsunami over 100 metres (330 ft) tall. The height of the tsunami was limited due to relatively shallow sea in the area of the impact; had the asteroid struck in the deep sea ...
Tsunamis generally consist of a series of waves, with periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in a so-called "wave train". [11] Wave heights of tens of metres can be generated by large events. Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to coastal areas, their destructive power can be enormous, and they can affect entire ocean basins.
Small tsunamis can also be caused by intense coastal storms, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning System. These are known as meteotsunami because they are caused not by underwater earthquakes or ...
The Impossible (Spanish: Lo imposible) is a 2012 English-language Spanish biographical disaster drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez.It is based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Nimona (2023) Knights with mechanical arms, shape-shifting teenagers, monsters — this movie has all the stuff that fantasy fans adore. Nimona is the shape-shifter in question, who decides to ...
The alarm is sounded shortly before the rockslide crashes into the fjord, creating a gigantic tsunami high that roars towards Geiranger. With ten minutes until the tsunami hits Geiranger, Kristian and Julia, stuck in traffic, realize their altitude is low. They abandon their car to run uphill on foot, shouting for others to do so.
More than 150 tsunamis have hit California’s shore since 1800. Most were barely noticeable, but a few have caused fatalities or significant damage. The most destructive tsunami to hit California ...
The US east coast is suddenly struck by a type of a massive destructive force of nature usually only happening after a major earthquake in the Pacific and Indian Ocean rims: tidal waves of the destructive tsunami type. Scientist and fiction author John McAdams is forced to attend a type of Department of Homeland Security conference which ...