Talk:Tsunami/Archive 4

Tsunami in Mexico in 1932
Different sources talk about a Tsunami in Cuyutlán town in Mexico, on June 22, 1932. I listed this Tsunami, as "Possible Tsunami" in the section of North America and Caribbean Tsunami, refering a news that also refers newspapers from 1932 and interviews. EliminatorJR eliminated this addition, but considering that it was written under "Possible Tsunami" section, and sourced, it should be kept.

Semi-protected move request on 9 August 2017
Why title of Tsunami it's written Italic? In earthquake article it's not written in Italic

Semi-protected edit request
There is a mistyping in the M_t formula. Abe (1995) sets


 * $$\,\mathit{M}_{t} = {a} \log h + {b} \log R = \mathit{D}$$

to


 * $$\,\mathit{M}_{t} = {a} \log h + {b} \log R + \mathit{D}$$

Marcelo.silka (talk) 19:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I've made the correction. Mikenorton (talk) 00:01, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Some content about tsunamis from the overview article sea
I have removed some content about tsunamis from the overview article sea. If it's useful here, could someone integrate it into this article, please? Here goes:

A trigger event on the continental shelf may cause a local tsunami on the land side and a distant tsunami that travels out across the ocean. The energy of the wave is dissipated only gradually, but is spread out over the wave front, so as the wave radiates away from the source, the front gets longer and the average energy reduces, so distant shores will, on average, be hit by weaker waves. However, as the speed of the wave is controlled by the water depth, it does not travel at the same speed in all directions, and this affects the direction of the wave front – an effect known as refraction – which can focus the strength of the advancing tsunami on some areas and weaken it in others according to undersea topography.

Occasionally, a tsunami may transform into a bore, typically in a shallow bay or an estuary. EMsmile (talk) 09:20, 9 March 2021 (UTC)