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=What is a Tsunami?= A tsunami is a series of waves caused by disturbances under the ocean [1]. Tsunamis can cause great destruction, but their size depends on how much destruction they will make. Some people call them "Tidal Waves", but the two are very different. A tidal wave gets up to about 15 feet in height, and a couple feet wide. A tsunami can reach hundreds of feet in height, and a mile long. Plus the Japan tsunami caused some damage to the United States. [7]. media type="custom" key="9076812"[|Voice thread]

[|﻿How a Tsunami is Formed]
A tsunami is formed by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, meteorite impact, and other disturbances under the ocean. Though, many are caused by earthquakes. Many are cause by earthquakes because many places don't have volcanoes, meteorite impacts, or landslides, but many places do have earthquakes, [4] especially in the ring of fire. For example, if a volcanic eruption occurs, the ocean floor will quickly rise up hundreds of feet. When this happens, huge amounts of sea water are pushed up and a tsunami wave is formed. [6]



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What is a Tsunami?
A tsunami is a series of waves, made by an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite impact. A tsunami is a very large wave about a mile long; they cause great destruction, and hurt our earth. Just because the tsunami hit the nuclear power plant, the radiation from the plant caused the earth to be 4 feet or 4 inches off of its' axis. [8] A tsunami has the power to pull houses on the highways and roads. Japan built a wall 30 feet tall to stop a tsunami from hitting, but the tsunami was too large and powerful it went over the wall and washed away most of Japan, it also went three miles inland.

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[|How Earthquakes Trigger Tsunamis]

Tsunami Damage
Tsunamis can cause huge destruction when they hit coastlines. Coasts affected by a tsunami will be severely eroded. A tsunami can cause flooding hundreds of meters inland. The water moves with such force that it is capable of crushing homes and other buildings. An example is what happened in Japan. Their tsunami caused a lot of damage to many places there. Plus the [|radiation] from the Nuclear Power Plants are making the air polluted, and the tsunami caused all of this damage. The death toll, as of April 4, has risen to 12,259. [|Tsunami Video]



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[|Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami] These photos are interactive! [|How a tsunami forms] [|Tsunami vs. Wind Wave]