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a disaster like tsunami is caused by two plates of the earth colliding and rubbing together and building up pressure that eventually bursts to create a waves are multiple Waves wave is really long offshore but when it gets closer to the coastline it gets bigger top is thinner than the bottoms its up there's being supported by gravity.

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A tsunami is typically caused by an underwater earthquake, volcanic eruption, or submarine landslide. These events displace a large volume of water, creating a series of powerful waves that can propagate across the ocean at high speeds, leading to devastating effects when they reach land.

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