*Travel Tips>>>Singapore Travel Tips

What is tsunami?

Travel Info
What is tsunami?

Travel Tips

A tsunami (soo-nah-mee; IPA: /ts蕣藞n蓱藧mi/) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, mass movements above or below water, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, landslides, large meteorite impacts and testing with nuclear weapons at sea all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastating. The term tsunami comes from the Japanese words(娲ユ尝銆併仱銇伩) meaning harbor ("tsu", 娲? and wave ("nami", 娉?. [a. Jap. tsunami, tunami, f. tsu harbour + nami waves. - Oxford English Dictionary] Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both the singular and plural, in English tsunamis is often used as the plural. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the area surrounding their harbor devastated, although they had not been aware of any wave in the open water. Tsunami are common throughout Japanese history; approximately 195 events in Japan have been recorded.
Others

ocean wave caused by earthquake..
big big wave! from earthquake
tsunami is a giant tidal wave which can be as destructive to coastal cities as a hurricane but much more rapidly. They usually occur as a result of plate tectonics and sea-side earthquakes.
a large or destructive wave, normally caused by and Earthquake in the ocean. manyu people spell it "sunami"
and others call it a "tidal wave" which is incorrect, a tidal wave is simply a wave that goes past the shoreline.
yeah a wave caused by an underwater earthquake or a major shift in the tectonic plates

also a manic street preachers song..

"tsunami,tsunami came washing over me"
A tsunami is a wave or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance that vertically displaces the water column. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, and even the impact of cosmic bodies, such as meteorites, can generate tsunamis. Tsunamis can savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life