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=== Tsunamis === | === Tsunamis === | ||
* [[File:NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016.webm||right|thumb|NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016]] | * [[File:NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016.webm||right|thumb|NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016]] | ||
** see [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3BDBAAAA7D4EB2DA NOAA Tsunami channel]] or [[https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/animate.html#most NOAA Model Animations]] | |||
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay,_Alaska_earthquake_and_megatsunami 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami was the highest recorded Tsunami (wiki)]] | |||
** Lituya Bay, Alaska, a narrow inlet | |||
** tsunami waves reached 1,720 feet high | |||
* '''2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami''' | * '''2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami''' | ||
** 9.1 magnitude earthquake caused a 900-mile fault line between the Indian and Burnma tectonic plates | ** 9.1 magnitude earthquake caused a 900-mile fault line between the Indian and Burnma tectonic plates | ||