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    A tsunami is a series of waves generated by the rapid displacement of a large volume of water, often caused by earthquakes or landslides near coastal areas. Tsunamis are especially caused by subduction zone earthquakes where tectonic plates converge and one slides under the other. While the initial wave may not be large, tsunamis are dangerous due to the huge volume of water that continues flooding coastal areas, causing widespread damage to people and property from the powerful inundation.

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    A tsunami is a series of waves generated by the rapid displacement of a large volume of water, often caused by earthquakes or landslides near coastal areas. Tsunamis are especially caused by subduction zone earthquakes where tectonic plates converge and one slides under the other. While the initial wave may not be large, tsunamis are dangerous due to the huge volume of water that continues flooding coastal areas, causing widespread damage to people and property from the powerful inundation.

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    A tsunami is a series of waves generated by the rapid displacement of a large volume of water, often caused by earthquakes or landslides near coastal areas. Tsunamis are especially caused by subduction zone earthquakes where tectonic plates converge and one slides under the other. While the initial wave may not be large, tsunamis are dangerous due to the huge volume of water that continues flooding coastal areas, causing widespread damage to people and property from the powerful inundation.

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    A tsunami is a series of waves generated by the rapid displacement of a large volume of water, often caused by earthquakes or landslides near coastal areas. Tsunamis are especially caused by subduction zone earthquakes where tectonic plates converge and one slides under the other. While the initial wave may not be large, tsunamis are dangerous due to the huge volume of water that continues flooding coastal areas, causing widespread damage to people and property from the powerful inundation.

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    Tsunami

    The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbor ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). A
    tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive
    scale.

    A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying
    water. Such large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at plate boundaries. Subduction of
    earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunamis, and occur where denser oceanic plates
    slip under continental plates.

    Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind
    the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal
    area.

    A tsunami is a natural disaster that is large enough to be caused by a shift in plates or an earthquake on
    the seabed. Tsunamis can cause a great deal of damage, be it human or material

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