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Earthquake originated tsunamis occur when portions of the Earth's crust on either side of a fault jolt past each other. For a tsunami to occur however, there must be some kind of vertical movement along the fault.
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library.thinkquest.org/10136/tsunami/tsuntq.htm
library.thinkquest.org/10136/tsunami/tsuntq.htm
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As a tsunami leaves the deep water of the open ocean and travels into the shallower water near the coast, it transforms. A tsunami travels at a speed that is related to the water depth - hence, as the water depth decreases, the tsunami slow...
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Almost 80% of the world's tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean. Tsunamis occur most often along countries which border the Pacific "Rim of Fire", or "Ring of Fire'. One end of this region of high sesmic and volcanic activity b...
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Almost 80% of the world's tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean. Tsunamis occur most often along countries which border the Pacific "Rim of Fire", or "Ring of Fire'. One end of this region of high sesmic and volcanic activity b...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_do_tsunamis_occur_most_...
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Features some brief facts about these gigantic waves and how they are formed. ... tsunami (pronounced soo-nahm-ee) is a series of huge waves that happen after an undersea disturbance, such as an earthquake or volcano eruption. (Tsunami is from the Japanese word for harbor wave.) ... is the state at greatest risk for a tsunami.
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www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm
www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm
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Tsunami (pronounced soo-nahm-ee) from the Japanese meaning Harbour Wave. They are sometimes called Tidal Waves which gives a false inpression as they have nothing whatsoever to do with the tides. Tsunami are createded by earthquakes or volc...
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Tsunamis are shallow water waves. That is they are waves that occur in water shallower than 1/20th of their wavelength. Wavelengths of tsunamis reach up to 125 miles. Consequently, these waves may drag on the bottoms of the deepest oceans.
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instructional1.calstatela.edu/sladoch/web_page2/Tsunami...
instructional1.calstatela.edu/sladoch/web_page2/Tsunamis.htm
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Subduction earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunamis, and occur where denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction.
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www.crystalinks.com/tsunami.html
www.crystalinks.com/tsunami.html
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WHERE TSUNAMIS OCCUR ... Tsunamis occur in many countries - most of them on coastlines such as Japan, Hawaii and China. About five tsunamis are reported yearly around the world. Most of these are small and do little damage. Destructive tsunamis seem to strike somewhere in the world about once every ten years...
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www.schools.ash.org.au/ormeau/~Calvin/where.htm
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