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Stunning images have been released of a swirling, double-eyelid shape created by a massive mixture of stars and gases in a galaxy far from Earth. Images show rare eye-shaped 'tsunami of stars and gas'
An example of this was the 17 July 1998, Papua New Guinean landslide tsunami where waves up to 15 m high impacted a 20 km section of the coast killing 2,200 people, yet at greater distances the tsunami was not a major hazard. This is due to the comparatively small source area of most landslide tsunami (relative to the area affected by large ...
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The wave caught the Japanese off guard, not knowing its origin, and was explained in the book, The Orphan Tsunami. [83] 1703 Kanto, Japan 1703 Genroku earthquake: Earthquake On 31 December, 1703, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck Edo. A tsunami up to 11.7 metres (38 ft) high was recorded along the coast of the Kantō Region. Official reports ...
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 ...
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Japan issued a tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan. Quakes occurred off the coast of Ishika and nearby prefectures after 4 p.m. local time with one ...
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was a teletsunami.. A teletsunami (also called an ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, defined as more than 1,000 km (620 mi) away or three hours' travel from the area of interest, [1] [2] sometimes travelling across an ocean.