Massive tsunamis that strike a thousand kilometers or more from their source
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was a teletsunami.
A teletsunami (also called an ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, defined as more than 1,000 km (620 mi) away or three hours' travel from the area of interest,[1][2] sometimes travelling across an ocean. All teletsunamis have been generated by major earthquakes such as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, 1960 Valdivia earthquake, 1964 Alaska earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and the 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes.
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A teletsunami (also called an ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that...
of powerful megathrust earthquakes that generated tsunamis (known as teletsunamis) that can cross entire oceans. Smaller (Mw 4.2) earthquakes in Japan...
tsunami that causes damage far away from its source is sometimes called a teletsunami and is much more likely to be produced by the vertical motion of the...
that are considerably more destructive than the earthquakes themselves. Teletsunamis can cross ocean basins to devastate areas far from the original earthquake...
Tanzania. This tsunami that crossed the Indian Ocean is an example of a teletsunami, which travels great distances across the open ocean, and an ocean-wide...
Teletsunami observations Location Recorded height (m) Shionomisaki, Japan 0.96 Chichi, Japan 1.03 Tateyama, Japan 0.90 Shemya, USA 0.35 Adak, USA 0.10...
Warning System covered only the Hawaiian Islands and was limited to teletsunamis (distant events), using data from 4 seismic stations and 9 tide gages...
The Wave. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami List of tsunamis Teletsunami Tsunamis in lakes Volcanic tsunami "Tsunami Characteristics". Pacific...
Teletsunami observations Location Recorded height (m) Urakawa, Japan 1.3 Ayukawa, Japan 0.6 Hachinohe, Japan 0.6 Shoya, Japan 0.3 Kuji, Japan 0.3 Kamaishi...
latter slows down. The waves have shorter wavelengths and periods than teletsunamis and thus do not spread as effectively as the latter away from the source...
oceans since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. List of earthquakes in 2021 Teletsunami "Global CMT Catalog". Global Centroid Moment Tensor. Retrieved 10 September...
earthquakes List of earthquakes in the Azores List of earthquakes in Portugal Teletsunami National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS...
Teletsunami observations Location Recorded height (m) Hāʻena, Kauai County, Hawaii, Hawaii 16.1 Wainiha, Hawaii, Hawaii 11.6 Pololu Valley, Hawaii 9.8...
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