1.Not to long ago Japan had a tsunami. 2.An earth quake off the coast of Japan caused the tsunami. 3.A tsunami is a wave that starts out in the ocean.

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1.Not to long ago Japan had a tsunami. 2.An earth quake off the coast of Japan caused the tsunami. 3.A tsunami is a wave that starts out in the ocean the wave gets bigger as it moves towards the land. 4.The first part of a tsunami to reach land is a trough called a “drawback “ the water along the beach goes back a lot more than a normal high tide. Then the large wave comes.

5.Earthquakes,volcanic eruptions, under water explosions and meteorite impact can cause a tsunami. 6.Tsunami comes from the Japanese tsu meaning “ harbor”and nami meaning “wave”. 7.A tsunami can be hundreds of kilometres long, one hundred kilometres high and travel at the speed of a jet plane.It can travel twenty kilometres inland.

10,000+ People died.

230,210+people died

Tsunamies are very dangerous, sometimes there is no warning or not enough time to get to safety. If you see the water at the beach go out to sea you need to RUN!