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    A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, devastated...
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    A tsunami (/(t)suːˈnɑːmi, (t)sʊˈ-/ (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water...
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  • Thumbnail for 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
    injured, and some remain possibly missing in Tonga from tsunami waves up to 20 m (66 ft) high. Tsunami waves with run-up heights up to 45 m (148 ft) struck...
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  • Thumbnail for List of tsunamis
    This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated...
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  • Thumbnail for 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災...
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  • Thumbnail for 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
    The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami (Indonesian: Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018) occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern...
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    A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. It is made...
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    Megatsunami (redirect from Mega-tsunami)
    of water. Megatsunamis have different features from ordinary tsunamis. Ordinary tsunamis are caused by underwater tectonic activity (movement of the earth's...
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    tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, and a tsunami of 6.58 m (22 ft) was measured along the Sea of Japan coast. The Noto Peninsula lies on...
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  • A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume within a body of water, often caused by earthquakes, or similar events...
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