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Unit 2: Oceanography.(Brief Article)
Background Information
Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning "great wave in harbor." Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean because the Pacific Basin is surrounded by deep ocean trenches, explosive volcanic islands, and towering mountain ranges. The following timeline chronicles some of the devastation that tsunamis have caused.
1868--A U.S. side-wheeler gunboat stationed in Arica, Chile, was carried over the town by a tsunami and set down a mile inland.
1883--When a volcano erupted on the island of Krakatoa in the Indian Ocean, it produced tsunamis, with waves 100 feet high, that killed 36,000 people.
1958--A massive rock slide in Lituya Bay, Alaska, produced a tsunami that surged 1,740 feet above the shoreline.
1964--The "Good Friday Quake" on the northern shore of Prince William Sound, Alaska, generated a tsunami that killed 115 people.
1992--An earthquake that occurred off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua produced a tsunami that displaced 14,500 people.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Unit 2: Oceanography.(Brief Article)