Sentence examples for a small tsunami from inspiring English sources

The authorities said the quake had generated a small tsunami but it was not destructive.

An eruption in 2002 caused a small tsunami and closed the island, north of Sicily, to tourists for months.

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck central Japan early Tuesday morning, triggering a small tsunami and swaying buildings 90 miles away in Tokyo.

The quake originated about 50 miles off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, 12.4 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and set off a small tsunami.

As we waited in the crowded check-in area, we overheard what sounded like a small tsunami but turned out to be an extremely loud fistfight.

The weight of the rock sent a small tsunami on to the crowded sands, he said, as families scrambled to reach safety.

If the earthquake occurs in shallower water, the uplift of the sea floor would displace less water, setting off a smaller tsunami.

Still, a sheen from spilled oil and fuel was visible, and bits of the smashed docks — wood and plastic foam — dotted the beaches and cluttered the harbor, which was battered by a smaller tsunami in 2006.

Larger quantities of mud in the onshore tsunami deposits on land may suggest that the seafloor erosion resulted from the bigger tsunami (as evidenced by a higher run up), is more efficient relative to a smaller tsunami (with smaller run up).

This event generated a relatively small tsunami that was observed at several tide gauges and offshore stations located along the Pacific North coast of Japan.

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Center, the damage provoked by the earthquake and its accompanying small tsunami was "limited", adding that "a rough estimate of the dollar amount of damage" was "roughly corresponding to less than one million".