Concept information
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Definition
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Tsunamis are most frequently caused by earthquakes, but can also result from landslides, volcanic eruptions, and very infrequently by meteorites or other impacts upon the ocean surface. Tsunamis are generated primarily by tectonic dislocations under the sea which are caused by shallow focus earthquakes along areas of subduction. The upthrusted and downthrusted crustal blocks impart potential energy into the overlying water mass with drastic changes in the sea level over the affected region. The energy imparted into the water mass results in tsunami generation, i.e. energy radiating away from the source region in the form of long period waves.
(en)Created: 2/5/25
Broader concept
- wave generation (en)
Has object of activity
- цунами (sr)
In other languages
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-06-17T17:09:42Z
Notation: 4aa648ac
Arabic
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-03-07T17:09:42Z
Notation: 4aa648ac
Chinese
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
Notation: 4aa648ac
English
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2023-04-12T16:30:06
Notation: 4aa648ac
French
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-06-28T11:11:42Z
Notation: 4aa648ac
Russian
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-06-28T11:11:42Z
Notation: b473f4a2
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-07-03T11:24:42Z
Notation: 4aa648ac
Spanish
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-05-21T20:42:30
Notation: 4aa648ac
Swahili
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2021-06-14T14:41:54
Notation: 4aa648ac
Turkish
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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2021-06-14T14:41:38
Notation: 36ac2006