Sentences with phrase «small tsunami waves»

Early results from NEPTUNE Canada include seismometer readings from the Chilean earthquake in February, and bottom - pressure sensor results that tracked the small tsunami waves it generated.

Smaller tsunami waves were observed on the coast or measured by ocean gauges in several other places.

A tsunami warning for the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu was cancelled after only very small tsunami wave activity, just a couple of centimetres, had been measured at two reading stations near the epicentre, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

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And although that region was one of Japan's best - prepared for tsunamis, the high sea walls along much of the coast were built to stop waves far smaller than the 13 -15-metre-tall giants that battered the coastline, causing most of the damage and triggering a nuclear crisis.

«Underwater landslides tend to create shorter period tsunami waves, and they tend to concentrate their energy in a small stretch of coastline,» said Grilli.

So I guess it is something like if you see the seas recede, it doesn't mean the ocean is getting smaller, it means a tsunami or another big wave is getting ready to hit the shores..

Physical processes affecting human health include rough seas that threaten both small and large vessels; weather disturbances such as typhoons and hurricanes; rogue waves; and surges from storms and tsunamis.

So I guess it is something like if you see the seas recede, it doesn't mean the ocean is getting smaller, it means a tsunami or another big wave is getting ready to hit the shores..

Anyone who is active in tsunami hazards would had known that far smaller earthquakes than the one that struck Japan generate waves producing inland flooding of up to six meters height about once every two years, on average, somewhere in the world.

The Pacific and Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are susceptible to many hydro - meteorological and other hazards, namely tropical storms and hurricanes, thunderstorms or lightning, coastal storm surges, floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, river flooding, tsunamis, drought, strong winds, heat waves, and dust or haze.