What happens when the natural disasters cause a tsunami?
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Japan.
What does the word tsunami come from?
200
July 9, 1958.
When did the Lituya Bay Tsunami happen?
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5 people.
How many people died in total.
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A series of waves.
What is a tsunami?
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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, or big landslides.
What natural disasters can start tsunamis?
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Harbor Wave.
What does the word tsunami mean?
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1,720 feet tall, 2 miles wide, and 7 miles long.
How big was the Lituya Bay Tsunami?
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The beach they were standing on sunk 100 feet below sea level.
How did the three people die?
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2 tsunamis.
How many tsunamis occur a year?
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Near large bodies of water.
Where do tsunamis happen?
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100 feet tall.
How big can a tsunami get to?
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An earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaskan Panhandle loosened 40 million cubic yards.
What happened before the Lituya Bay Tsunami?
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Khantoak Island at the mouth of Yakutat Bay.
Where did the 3 people die?
400
Australia, Alaska, Hawaii, Russia, India, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Portugal, California, New Zealand, Columbia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Indonesia, Oregon, and Washington.
Name 5 places that are at high risk of tsunamis.
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When the waves try to find a stable position again.
How are tsunami waves formed?
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The Boxing Day tsunami, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Sumatra tsunami, or the Ryukyu Island tsunami.
What is one other tsunami that happened in history?
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A landslide was triggered and boulders fell into the bay.
What triggered the tsunami?
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The boat they were on sunk.
How did the 2 people die?
500
A major mega tsunami will happen.
What happens in about 15 years?
500
True.
True or False. Is my tsunami the biggest tsunami in the world?