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- Which months in Japan probability lowest of natural disaster?
I want travel Japan but it gets earth quakes, tsunamis, typhoons Which months lowest probability of these natural disasters?
- Mega-tsunami, what is the greatest possible height of a tsunami?
I think (though I'm hardly an expert) that the waves generated by a comet asteroid impact, or even the referenced Lituya Bay event, would not be the same as a tsunami They're more of a 'big splash' with actual displacement of massive amounts of water, while a tsunami is an energy wave that's barely perceptible in open water, and only grows on reaching the shallows
- Why does the shoreline sometimes recede prior to a Tsunami?
My understanding of Tsunamis is they they form as a result of the seafloor abruptly changing, causing a local vertical displacement of water at the site of above the disruption, which initiates the wave How does this process ultimately result in the shoreline often receding prior to the Tsunami reaching the coast?
- How much time is there between an underwater earthquake and the moment . . .
4 Tsunamis can be caused by underwater earthquakes, like the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean The precise value will likely depend on where the earthquake is relative to the coast But what is the time range between the moment the earthquake is detected and the moment a tsunami hits the coast? Is it minutes? Hours?
- How can a tsunami be hot? - Earth Science Stack Exchange
I agree with @GordonStanger Tsunami's move fast and volcanic heat from an earthquake, while it may be present, I can't imagine it propagating that fast through the ocean The Samoan Tsunami was an unusual tsunami in that it was an outer-rise earthquake, which, in laymans terms, doesn't happen at the fault but at bending of and breaking of the subducting plate away from the fault It's possible
- Is it inevitable that a mega tsunami will hit America?
According to a documentary, "Mega Tsunami - A wave of destruction", most mega tsunamis are caused by landslides creating tsunamis 10 times the size as those caused by earthquakes It was said that
- Would an oceanic asteroid impact really cause a tsunami?
As far as I know tsunamis are caused by landslides at the bottom of the sea But an asteroid impacting the sea is a different phenomena Could it still cause a "tsunami" as in an unstoppable mass of
- climate - Why do human populations concentrate near fault lines . . .
Examples: Silicon Valley = earthquakes, Houston = hurricanes and floods, Japan = tsunamis and earthquakes, Santa Maria = volcano, Vesuvius = volcano, etc This doesn't seem like a coincidence, especially given that people would naturally want to stay away from disaster-prone sites
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