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=== Tsunamis === | === Tsunamis === | ||
* [[File:NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016.webm||right|thumb|NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016]] | * series of large waves caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, glacier breaks, or meteorites | ||
** | ** also known as "tidal waves," although tsunamis are not tides | ||
** see [[File:NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016.webm||right|thumb|NOAA Tsunami Animation-2016]] for tsunami animation | |||
*** or here [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3BDBAAAA7D4EB2DA NOAA Tsunami channel]] or [[https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/animate.html#most NOAA Model Animations]] | |||
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* '''Lituya Bay, Alaska, 1957''' | * '''Lituya Bay, Alaska, 1957''' | ||
** a narrow inlet, earthquake-induced tsunami waves reached 1,720 feet high | ** a narrow inlet, earthquake-induced tsunami waves reached 1,720 feet high | ||