- Tsunami is a Japanese word (tsu=harbor, nami=wave)
- Tsunami is a giant wave created by an underwater disturbance that displaces a column of water
- Possible causes
- Earthquakes on or beneath ocean floor (tectonic plate movement)
- Landslides where part of an island or continent slide into ocean
- Volcanic eruption spewing molten rock onto ocean floor
- Meteorite or asteroid plummeting into the sea
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January 1, 2005
- Tsunami: Physics and Probablities