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On the open ocean, tsunami waves approach speeds of 500 mph, almost fast enough to keep pace with a jetliner. But gazing out the window of a 747, you wouldn't be able to pick it out from the wind-driven swells.
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www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/index.html
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/index.html
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Tsunami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A tsunami (pronounced /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/ ) is a series of water waves (called a tsunami wave train ) that is caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean. Th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
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Tsunamis propagate outward from their source, so coasts in the "shadow" of affected land masses are usually fairly safe. However, tsunami waves can diffract around land masses (as shown in this Indian Ocean tsunami animation as the waves reach southern Sri Lanka and India).
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www.crystalinks.com/tsunami.html
www.crystalinks.com/tsunami.html
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General Tsunami Information ... Tsunami Survey and Research Information ... Background on the Development of Tsunami!
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www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
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PORT BLAIR, India - Two days after a tsunami thrashed the island where his ancestors have lived for tens of thousands of years, a lone tribesman stood naked on the beach and ... It appears that many tribesman fled the shores well before the waves hit the coast, where they would typically be fishing at this time of year.
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www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6786476/
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Features some brief facts about these gigantic waves and how they are formed. ... They are sometimes mistakenly called "tidal waves," but tsunami have nothing to do with the tides. ... 1964, an Alaskan earthquake generated a tsunami with waves between 10 and 20 feet high along parts of the California, Oregon and Washington coasts.
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www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm
www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm
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"What is a tsunami...? And I don't see a huge wave in the picture, anywhere." Well, a tsunami (it's actually a Japanese word) is a word scientists use to describe an enormous wave (or series of waves) that happens when an large amount of energy is released into the waters of the ocean - creating a ripple effect.
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www.extremescience.com/BiggestWave.htm
www.extremescience.com/BiggestWave.htm
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Offshore and coastal features can determine the size and impact of tsunami waves. Reefs, bays, entrances to rivers, undersea features and the slope of the beach all help to modify the tsunami as it attacks the coastline.
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