Three great tsunamis : Lisbon (1755), Sumatra-Andaman (2004) and Japan (2011) / Harsh K. Gupta, Vineet K. Gahalaut.
Tsunamis are primarily caused by earthquakes. Under favourable geological conditions, when a large earthquake occurs below the sea bed and the resultant rupture causes a vertical displacement of the ocean bed, the entire column of water above it is displaced, causing a tsunami. In the ocean, tsunami...
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