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Tsunami: With Henrik Norlén, Liv Mjönes, Rufus Glaser, Louise Peterhoff. The effects of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand on a number of fictional Swedish characters.
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- 2020-02-03
- Drama, Thriller
- Henrik Norlén, Liv Mjönes, Rufus Glaser
The term "tsunami" is a borrowing from the Japanese tsunami 津波, meaning "harbour wave." For the plural, one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s, or use an invariable plural as in the Japanese.
A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when ...
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Jun 18, 2024 · Tsunami, catastrophic ocean wave usually caused by a submarine earthquake, by a landslide, or by a volcanic eruption. In deep water it travels as fast as 800 km (500 miles) per hour, with enormous wavelengths of more than 500 km (310 miles) but small wave amplitudes of about 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 feet).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · A Mediterranean tsunami would arrive in as little as 21 minutes. Pascal Roudil, technical coordinator at the CENALT, told Euronews Green earlier this year: “Tsunamis can arrive quite quickly ...
Apr 2, 2007 · A tsunami is not a single wave but a series of waves, also known as a wave train. The first wave in a tsunami is not necessarily the most destructive. Tsunamis are not tidal waves. Tsunami waves ...
3 days ago · An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.4 has struck near Tokyo. There is no threat of tsunami. The quake occurred at 12:12 p.m. on Thursday, Japan time. Tremors registering four on the ...
