Their movement is similar to that of sound, as both are compressional waves.
Their movement is similar to that of sound, as both are compressional waves. They can be caused by landslides, such as a small one which hit Nice, France in 1979, or volcanoes, such as an 1883 one in Java, but more often they are caused by a combination of these events. They are mainly caused by earthquakes which tilt the sea bottom and set off on large scale the same ripples that come from throwing a rock in a pond. FTP, identify these massive waves which are often erroneously known as tidal waves.
Their movement is similar to that of sound, as both are compressional waves.
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