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    What Is A Tsunami?: Magma Chambers Crater

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    A tsunami is a series of waves caused by large displacements of water, usually from earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions under the sea. While small in the open ocean, tsunamis grow dramatically in height as they reach shore, sometimes reaching over 85 meters tall. Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean due to its location along the Ring of Fire, a seismically and volcanically active region circling the Pacific. Modern warning systems can detect and track tsunamis in the Pacific to help notify and evacuate coastal communities.

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    What Is A Tsunami?: Magma Chambers Crater

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    A tsunami is a series of waves caused by large displacements of water, usually from earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions under the sea. While small in the open ocean, tsunamis grow dramatically in height as they reach shore, sometimes reaching over 85 meters tall. Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean due to its location along the Ring of Fire, a seismically and volcanically active region circling the Pacific. Modern warning systems can detect and track tsunamis in the Pacific to help notify and evacuate coastal communities.

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    A tsunami is a series of waves caused by large displacements of water, usually from earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions under the sea. While small in the open ocean, tsunamis grow dramatically in height as they reach shore, sometimes reaching over 85 meters tall. Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean due to its location along the Ring of Fire, a seismically and volcanically active region circling the Pacific. Modern warning systems can detect and track tsunamis in the Pacific to help notify and evacuate coastal communities.

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    What Is A Tsunami?: Magma Chambers Crater

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    A tsunami is a series of waves caused by large displacements of water, usually from earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions under the sea. While small in the open ocean, tsunamis grow dramatically in height as they reach shore, sometimes reaching over 85 meters tall. Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean due to its location along the Ring of Fire, a seismically and volcanically active region circling the Pacific. Modern warning systems can detect and track tsunamis in the Pacific to help notify and evacuate coastal communities.

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    What is a Tsunami?

    A tsunami is often misnamed a tidal wave, but in fact a tsunami is not just one wave but usually a series of seven or eight, that have nothing to do with the tide. In the open ocean, tsunamis are only about one metre high, but as they approach shallower waters and the shore, they grow to heights as high as eighty-five meters. What causes a Tsunami? The most common causes of tsunamis are volcanoes, earthquakes and earthslides mostly undersea. Volcanoes that have been erupting continuously for a long time have empty magma chambers. The roof then collapses forming a crater somtimes upto one kilometre in diameter. Water gushes into this crater in a very short amount of time, causing a tsunami. Earthquake originated tsunamis occur when portions of the Earth's crust on either side of a fault jolt past each other. For a tsunami to occur however, there must be some kind of vertical movement along the fault. This vertical movement must be capable of displacing huge amounts of water, thus causing waves. Tsunamis can also be caused by land sliding in to the sea with such great force that it creates a wave. Similar to the effect of throwing a pebble into a puddle of water. Where do Tsunamis occur? Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific ocean as it is located on a plate mostly made of water. The Pacific ocean is also surrounded by the Ring of Fire, a highly active volcano and earthquake zone. The Ring of Fire circles the ocean from Alaska down to the west coasts of North and South America and up along the east coast of Asia, taking in parts of China, Japan and Russia. Tsunamis can only occur in coastal regions; islands are the main targets. Prediction and Warning In the open ocean tsunamis are almost undetectable. However a tsunami warning now operates in the Pacific. This system monitors sea movements and can be used to map the path of tsunamis and estimate the rate of approach. The authorities then notify the public and evacuations are undertaken. One such warning saved many lives in Honolulu in 1952 when an approaching tsunami was detected.

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