Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.
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open image in gallery A map shows California ... Survey) The earthquake was what’s known as a strike-slip, geologists said, meaning two of the Earth’s tectonic plates slid past each other.
The earthquake was what’s known as a strike-slip, geologists said, meaning two of the Earth’s tectonic plates slid past ... to cause tsunami because their movement is primarily horizontal ...
It turns out, earthquakes might not just shake the ground – they could also shake up evolution! Researchers found that tectonic plate movements played a big role in the development of coelacanths.