2. Tsunami is Japanese for “Great Harbor Wave”

3. Tsunamis are large water waves caused by underwater earthquakes.

4. Savage Earth Animation: Tsunami Attack

6. 1. Undersea earthquakes

7. 2. Volcanic eruptions

8. 3. a meteorite falling into the ocean.

9. A tsunami that struck Hawaii in 1946.

10. A tsunami that hit Okushiri Island, Japan, in 1993 stopped clocks, like the one showed here, thus recording the wave's travel time from the earthquake in Alaska that generated it.

11. Killer Wave! Tsunami-- Pictures, Map, Facts, Resources--National Geographic Kids

14. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6773960/?ta=y

15. After the tsunami MSNBC - Tsunami in Asia Front Page