tsunami

     

A tsunami (pronounce /tsuːˈnɑːmi/) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. Earthquakes, mass movements above or below water, some volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, landslides, underwater earthquakes, large asteroid impacts and testing with nuclear weapons at sea all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can be devastating due to the immense volumes of water and energy involved. Since meteorites are small, they will not generate a tsunami.

Trivia about tsunami

  • Japanese for "harbor wave", one of these giant sea waves may form a wall of water over 100 feet long
  • It's also known as a seismic seawave
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a model of an ocean.) On the ocean floor, earthquakes squeeze together a large amount of water and push it to the surface, causing this, from the Japanese for "harbor wave"
  • This Japanese word is the correct term for what's misleadingly called a tidal wave
  • A 2004 magnitude 9.3 earthquake produced a deadly one of these that had people curious well into 2005
  • Triggered by earthquakes, these destructive sea waves have been known to travel at nearly 500 mph
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Michael Newman of "Baywatch") It's the Japanese term for seismic sea waves, sometimes 100 feet high, that can bring lots of tsuris"
  • (I'm Harry Smith.) In January 2005 I covered the aftermath of one of these disasters whose name is from the Japanese for "harbor wave"
  • One of these swept through the South China Sea in 1782, killing an estimated 40,000 Taiwanese
  • Tragically, on Dec. 26, 2004 one of these Japanese-named events claimed more than 100,000 lives
  • (Sarah gives the clue from Bondi Beach.) The evacuation siren & flag are used when one of these is approaching, as happened in February 2010, following an earthquake across the Pacific in Chile
  • Toyota dropped this provocative name for its new Celica sports model days after a December 2004 natural disaster
  • Sometimes called a tidal wave, one of these in December 2004 devastated large parts of Asia