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Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... including landslide-triggered tsunami, displacement wave, ... Diagram showing several measures to describe a tsunami size ...
A diagram of the Dart II System A tsunami buoy Water column height on 11 March 2011 (Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami) at DART buoy 21413, 690 NM Southeast of Tokyo Plot of measurements from DART buoy 34142 showing the passage of the tsunami generated by the 2010 Chile earthquake.
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Diagram showing how earthquakes can generate a tsunami. Tsunamis in lakes can be generated by fault displacement beneath or around lake systems. Faulting shifts the ground in a vertical motion through reverse, normal or oblique strike slip faulting processes, this displaces the water above causing a tsunami (Figure 1).
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.
Diagram of the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, which proved the existence of megatsunamis A megatsunami is a very large wave created by a large, sudden displacement of material into a body of water. Megatsunamis have different features from ordinary tsunamis .
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A meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami [1] is a tsunami-like sea wave of meteorological origin.