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  2. Tsunami - Wikipedia

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    Amplitude, Wave Height, or Tsunami Height: Refers to the height of a tsunami relative to the normal sea level at the time of the tsunami, which may be tidal High Water, or Low Water. It is different from the crest-to-trough height which is commonly used to measure other type of wave height.

  3. 1498 Meiō earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1498 Meiō earthquake (明応地震 Meiō Jishin) struck off the coast of Nankaidō, Japan, at approximately 08:00 local time [3] on September 20, 1498. [1] With an estimated magnitude of 8.6 M s, [1] it triggered a massive tsunami.

  4. List of tsunamis - Wikipedia

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    A magnitude 7.6-7.7 earthquake struck near the coast of western Mexico on 19 September 2022. A tsunami about 1.75 m (5.7 ft) high was reported near the epicentre. [209] The tsunami was detected as far away as Ecuador, where tsunami waves as high as 12 cm (4.7 in) were observed. [210] 2023 Greenland 2023 Greenland landslide: Landslide

  5. How West Coast residents should prepare for the threat of a ...

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    While tsunamis big enough to flood North America are rare, the data from the Washington study concludes that tsunami waves could reach the shoreline in fewer than three minutes in many areas of ...

  6. After Being Buried for Hours in 2004 Tsunami, Survivor Says ...

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    For more on life 20 years after the 2004 tsunami, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribe here. The Swedish native also recalls hearing people crying out for help ...

  7. Tilly Smith - Wikipedia

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    Smith learned about tsunamis in a geography lesson, [4] [5] two weeks before the tsunami, from her teacher Andrew Kearney at Danes Hill School. [6] [7] [8] While she and her family were walking on Mai Khao Beach, she recognised the signs of a tsunami she had been taught, and alerted her parents. "The water was really, really frothy," Smith said.

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

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    When no damaging tsunami threat became evident, the NTWC canceled the Tsunami Warning at 11:54 a.m. Pedestrians on Ocean Beach after a tsunami warning in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday ...

  9. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.