Tsunamis In South Korea
A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a tsunamis in lakes, large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, Ice calving, glacier calvings, impact event, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Unlike normal Wind wave, ocean waves, which are generated by wind, or tides, which are in turn generated by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun, a tsunami is generated by the displacement of water from a large event. Tsunami waves do not resemble normal undersea currents or Wind wave, sea waves because their Wind wave#Formation, wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide. For this reason, it is often referred to as a tidal wave, although this usage is not favoured ...
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