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When the tsunami's wave peak reaches the shore, the resulting temporary rise in sea level is termed run up. Run up is measured in metres above a reference sea level. A large tsunami may feature multiple waves arriving over a period of hours, with significant time between the wave crests.
684 Hakuhō earthquake, Nankai earthquake. Earthquake. The first recorded tsunami in Japan struck on 29 November 684 AD off the coast of the Kii, Shikoku, and Awaji region. The earthquake, estimated at a magnitude of 8.4, [40] was followed by a large tsunami, but there are no estimates of the number of deaths. [56]
The 5.9 earthquake caused freak waves in the Strait of Dover which were observed in England and France. [6] 30 January 1607. Bristol Channel, United Kingdom. 2,000. disputed tsunami caused by earthquake off Ireland. 27 March 1638. Sicily, Italy. 9,581–30,000.
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume within a body of water, often caused by earthquakes, or similar events. This may occur in lakes as well as oceans, presenting threats to both fishermen and shoreside inhabitants. Because they are generated by a near field source region, tsunamis generated in lakes ...
A meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami [1] is a tsunami -like sea wave of meteorological origin. Meteotsunamis are generated when rapid changes in barometric pressure cause the displacement of a body of water. In contrast to impulse-type tsunami sources, a traveling atmospheric disturbance normally interacts with the ocean over a limited ...
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. Tsunamis by decade (13 C) Tsunamis by year (19 C) Tsunamis by century (5 C) Tsunamis by country (34 C)
Teletsunami. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was a teletsunami. A teletsunami (also called an ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, defined as more than 1,000 km (620 mi) away or three hours' travel from the area of interest, [1 ...
A volcanic tsunami, also called a volcanogenic tsunami, is a tsunami produced by volcanic phenomena. About 20–25% of all fatalities at volcanoes during the past 250 years have been caused by volcanic tsunamis. The most devastating volcanic tsunami in recorded history was that produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The waves reached ...