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The 47 pages that link to Tsunami, each with the reason it gives.

• Volcanic hazardCompared with: Volcanic collapses or explosions can trigger tsunamis, but many tsunamis have nonvolcanic causes.

• Storm surgeCompared with: A tsunami can flood coasts like surge, but its initiating disturbance is usually geological.

• Subduction zoneRelated: Vertical seafloor motion during major subduction earthquakes can launch destructive tsunamis.

• EarthquakeRelated: Undersea earthquakes can displace the seafloor and generate destructive waves.

• FloodCompared with: A tsunami is a wave phenomenon that can cause coastal flooding when it reaches land.

• Volcanic islandRelated: Island eruptions, flank collapses, or caldera failures can displace water and generate tsunamis.

• BathymetryRelated: Seafloor shape affects tsunami propagation and coastal impacts.

• 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamiNarrower topic: The earthquake's seabed movement generated these waves across the Indian Ocean.

• Coastal protectionRelated: Tsunamis can exceed the design limits of ordinary coastal defenses.

• Chicxulub craterRelated: The impact displaced seawater and generated enormous waves across the Gulf of Mexico.

• Ocean currentCompared with: A tsunami is a propagating wave, not a persistent directed current.

• Cascadia subduction zoneRelated: Vertical seafloor motion in a Cascadia rupture can launch waves toward the coast.

• Coastal floodingCompared with: Tsunamis can inundate coasts, but their seismic or landslide origins differ from typical coastal flooding.

• Megathrust earthquakeRelated: Vertical seafloor motion during shallow megathrust rupture can displace the ocean.

• Caribbean PlateRelated: Subduction earthquakes around the Caribbean can generate tsunamis.

• Tidal boreCompared with: A tsunami is generated by a disturbance, while a tidal bore is driven by the incoming tide.

• Convergent boundaryRelated: Vertical seafloor movement during a subduction earthquake can trigger one.

• FjordRelated: Rockslides into steep-sided fjords can generate destructive waves within confined basins.

• Japan TrenchRelated: Large trench earthquakes can lift or drop the seafloor and launch tsunami waves.

• Nankai TroughRelated: Shallow seafloor displacement during Nankai earthquakes can produce destructive waves.

• Sunda ArcRelated: Earthquakes and volcanic activity near the arc can displace seawater and generate tsunamis.

• Oceanic trenchRelated: Sudden seafloor movement at a subduction zone can generate tsunamis.

• 1755 Lisbon earthquakeNarrower topic: The earthquake displaced seawater and sent destructive waves toward Lisbon.

• Accretionary wedgeRelated: Wedge deformation and slope failure can displace seawater during earthquakes.

• SeicheCompared with: Both can produce long-period water-level oscillations, but tsunamis travel across oceans rather than resonate within a basin.

• Philippine SeaRelated: Earthquakes along the surrounding subduction zones can displace water across the sea.

• Aleutian TrenchRelated: Vertical motion during Aleutian subduction earthquakes can displace seawater and produce tsunamis.

• SeawallRelated: Some seawalls are designed to reduce tsunami impacts, though extreme waves can exceed them.

• Debris avalancheRelated: A debris avalanche entering a lake or sea can displace water and generate waves.

• Izu IslandsRelated: Submarine earthquakes and volcanic activity can produce tsunamis around the islands.

• Kodiak IslandNarrower topic: Tsunami waves generated in 1964 struck Kodiak’s exposed coastal communities.

• 1883 eruption of KrakatoaNarrower topic: Waves generated by the eruption flooded shores around the Sunda Strait.

• Biobío RegionNarrower topic: The 2010 earthquake sent tsunami waves into the region’s coastal communities.

• Geological hazardBroader topic: Undersea earthquakes and landslides can displace water and trigger coastal flooding.

• Santorini calderaRelated: Large eruptions and collapses can displace seawater and produce tsunami waves.

• Philippine TrenchRelated: A major offshore earthquake at the trench could displace seawater and produce a tsunami.

• Sanriku CoastRelated: Sanriku’s open exposure and bay geometry can amplify tsunami impacts.

• GeirangerfjordRelated: A major rockslide into the fjord could generate destructive waves.

• Interplate earthquakeRelated: Seafloor displacement during a shallow offshore interplate rupture can launch destructive waves.

• MegatsunamiNarrower topic: Megatsunamis are extreme cases within the broader phenomenon of tsunamis.

• Minoan eruptionRelated: The eruption and associated caldera collapse may have generated waves affecting Aegean shores.

• Uraga ChannelRelated: Tsunamis can propagate through the channel toward Tokyo Bay.

• Wind waveCompared with: Unlike wind waves, tsunamis originate from rapid displacement of the water column.

• Mount UnzenRelated: The 1792 avalanche displaced Ariake Sea water and produced a devastating tsunami.

• Ocean surface topographyRelated: Tsunamis produce transient sea-surface displacement that satellites and coastal gauges can detect.

• Porntip RojanasunanNarrower topic: After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Thai forensic teams faced mass-fatality identification work.

• Theory of tidesCompared with: Its dramatic sea-level changes arise from abrupt disturbances, not regular tidal forcing.