Seafloor can impact how hard a tsunami hits

Monday, March 12, 2012 - 14:30 in Earth & Climate

As the waves of a tsunami approach a coastline, the topography of the seafloor near the coast plays a major role in determining how large those waves become and what places get hit harder than others.

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