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    A tsunami is generated when large areas of water are rapidly displaced by seismic activity such as subduction zone earthquakes or landslides. As the displaced water mass moves to regain equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean surface in the form of long waves. When tsunami waves reach land, they can cause catastrophic flooding and damage as the enormous mass of water pours inland. Most damage from tsunamis is caused by subsequent waves after the initial wave front that continue rising in height and powerfully flooding coastal areas.

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    A tsunami is generated when large areas of water are rapidly displaced by seismic activity such as subduction zone earthquakes or landslides. As the displaced water mass moves to regain equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean surface in the form of long waves. When tsunami waves reach land, they can cause catastrophic flooding and damage as the enormous mass of water pours inland. Most damage from tsunamis is caused by subsequent waves after the initial wave front that continue rising in height and powerfully flooding coastal areas.

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    Rani Yosilia
    A tsunami is generated when large areas of water are rapidly displaced by seismic activity such as subduction zone earthquakes or landslides. As the displaced water mass moves to regain equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean surface in the form of long waves. When tsunami waves reach land, they can cause catastrophic flooding and damage as the enormous mass of water pours inland. Most damage from tsunamis is caused by subsequent waves after the initial wave front that continue rising in height and powerfully flooding coastal areas.

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    Tsunami

    The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbour ("tsu") and wave
    ("nami"). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or a sea is rapidly
    displaced on a massive scale.

    A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the
    overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at plate
    boundaries.

    Subduction of earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunami, and occur where
    denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates.

    As the displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity to regain its equilibrium, it
    radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.

    Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water
    behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully
    into the coastal area.

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