Former pirates help study the seas, and waves in the atmosphere can drive global tsunamis
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What Are the Characteristics of a Sudabe?
Sunamis most commonly result from earthquakes, but really any large displacement of water can produce them. Sudabes are made by just moving a whole lot of sea floors. So it doesn't really matter if the sudami is made by an earthquake or a landslide. But in the case of toggo, there really was something quite a bit different about how these sudames were made. And that's because, in addition to moving the sea floor, the eruption also pubbled the atmosphere. That wave effectively blew the psudavi across the ocean, and it blew it very quickly. Also did this crazy thing where they hopped over the land.
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