Japanese meteorological authorities said a small tsunami wave of two feet could result from the earthquake.
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Conversely, a tsunami wave rolling up the channel would grow in height as it became increasingly constricted.
That quake generated a 33-foot (10-meter) tsunami wave, and some scientists believe the quake may have triggered the eruption of Mount Fuji 49 days later, Morris said.
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Granted, there was little the NWS could have done to prevent the loss of life caused by that wave, but had a similar tsunami erupted farther west, we would not have been fully prepared either.
Three hours later the tsunami hit Male with a wave about 3ft high.
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Baptised Caribe Wave 2011, the exercise tested the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (Caribe EWS).
The Pacific's tsunami warning system began to be set up after a giant wave struck Hawaii in 1946, killing more than 150 people.
Without that wave of new apps, healthcare providers will be doomed to address the tsunami of new requirements facing them and risk missing the opportunities those present.
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Loti Yates, director of the national disaster management office in the Solomon capital Honiara, that the airport in Lata had been damaged by the tsunami and that logs and debris which had washed into the area by the wave were blocking the runway.
When the tsunami hit, he was near the swimming pool when he saw a 40-foot wave coming towards him.
The catastrophic earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan has produced a ripple effect on global business that reaches far beyond any seismic wave.
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In McKinleyville, California, a wave swept three men into the Pacific Ocean as they were reportedly trying to take photos of the incoming tsunami waves, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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