How Do Scientists Predict Tsunamis After Earthquakes?

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Composite image featuring Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa in the foreground, with a red seismograph earthquake reading overlaid in the background.

Pixelated window with the text TSUNAMI OR WAVE? and a large cursor overlaying a background of a large wave hitting the coast.

How Do Scientists Predict Tsunamis After Earthquakes?: Media

Once scientists know details of an earthquake, they can assess how likely it is to generate a tsunami

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Pixelated window with the text TSUNAMI OR WAVE? and a large cursor overlaying a background of a large wave hitting the coast.

How Is a Tsunami Different from a Regular Wave?

Scientists are the ones searching for tsunamis, not surfers.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Composite image featuring Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa in the foreground, with a red seismograph earthquake reading overlaid in the background.

Tsunami seismograph recording

Composite image made of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, color woodblock print...

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