Welcome to the tsunami information from the Department of Earth and Space
Sciences at the University of Washington.
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A tsunami (pronounced tsoo-nah-mee) is a wave train, or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance that vertically displaces the water column.
Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, and even the impact of cosmic bodies, such as meteorites, can generate tsunamis. Tsunamis can savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life.
USGS Earthquake Hazards web site.
general
- Alaska Tsunami Warning Center: Near real-time tsunami informational bulletins
- The Physics of Tsunamis
research
- Recent Tsunami Events : Multimedia documentations of recent, significant tsunamis
- Tsunami Research
: Information about ongoing tsunami research
- Related WWW Sites :
- On-line information about tsunamis, earthquakes, and other natural disasters
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