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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' seismic sea wave.) [[Waves]] generated by seismic activity.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Tsunami are also popularly, but inaccurately, called [[tidal waves]]. When they reach shallow coastal regions, amplitudes may increase to several meters. The Pacific Ocean is particularly vulnerable to tsunami.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' seismic sea wave.) [[Waves]] generated by seismic activity (e.g. earthquakes), landslides, volcanic eruptions, and very infrequently by meteorites or other impacts upon the ocean surface.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Tsunami are also popularly, but inaccurately, called [[tidal waves]]. When they reach shallow coastal regions, amplitudes may increase to several meters. The Pacific Ocean is particularly vulnerable to tsunami. Meteorological forcing can create similar wave action, more precisely referred to as a meteotsunami.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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tsunami
(Also called seismic sea wave.) Waves generated by seismic activity (e.g. earthquakes), landslides, volcanic eruptions, and very infrequently by meteorites or other impacts upon the ocean surface.
Tsunami are also popularly, but inaccurately, called tidal waves. When they reach shallow coastal regions, amplitudes may increase to several meters. The Pacific Ocean is particularly vulnerable to tsunami. Meteorological forcing can create similar wave action, more precisely referred to as a meteotsunami.
