Sentences with phrase «generated giant waves»

In the past, plate motion along the Aleutian Islands in Alaska has also generated giant waves like the one that swept through Crescent City, California, in 1964 (inset), smashing homes and killing 11 people.

Not exact matches

But the low - frequency waves generated by giant landslides are occasionally hidden in the mix of seismic vibes rumbling through Earth's crust, too, he notes.

Giant planet interiors are inaccessible to direct study from above, but oscillations excited by asteroid and comet impact can generate waves that are potentially observable.

In his book, Junger wrote about giant «rogue waves» that are so powerful «they seem to exceed the forces generating them.»

Or paste cards into the background to do things like generate a huge tidal wave, activate a NES system or melt a giant block of ice in a steakhouse's freezer?

Oil giant Chevron filed for a permit to develop up to 60 megawatts of wave generating capacity nearby.