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  2. Volcanic tsunami - Wikipedia

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    A volcanic tsunami, also called a volcanogenic tsunami, is a tsunami produced by volcanic phenomena. About 20–25% of all fatalities at volcanoes during the past 250 years have been caused by volcanic tsunamis. The most devastating volcanic tsunami in recorded history was that produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The waves reached ...

  3. Rogue wave - Wikipedia

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    Rogue waves do not appear to have a single distinct cause but occur where physical factors such as high winds and strong currents cause waves to merge to create a single large wave. [1] Recent research suggests sea state crest-trough correlation leading to linear superposition may be a dominant factor in predicting the frequency of rogue waves. [3]

  4. Tsunami - Wikipedia

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    Major areas of current research include determining why some large earthquakes do not generate tsunamis while other smaller ones do. This ongoing research is designed to help accurately forecast the passage of tsunamis across oceans as well as how tsunami waves interact with shorelines.

  5. Earthquake-generated tsunamis not uncommon in US. How ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. Volcanic impacts on the oceans - Wikipedia

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    As thermal expansion is a key factor in sea level variability, decreased heat content should result in a reduction in global mean sea level on a decadal time scale. [2] However, Grinsted [2007] argued that a significant sea level rise is the first direct response to the volcanic eruption, and after that sea level becomes to drop.

  7. Submarine earthquake - Wikipedia

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    This is the third largest earthquake in recorded history and generated massive tsunamis, which caused widespread devastation when they hit land, leaving an estimated 230,000 people dead in countries around the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. May 4, 1998 A part of the island of Yonaguni was destroyed by a submarine earthquake. May 22, 1960

  8. Fault that triggered 7.0 earthquake off California not known ...

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    The 7.0-magnitude earthquake did produce a small tsunami, but it measured less than two inches in height, according to initial data. The small rise in water did not cause any reported damage and ...

  9. Submarine landslide - Wikipedia

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    An example of this was the July 17, 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 ...