Sentence examples for 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.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the Commerce Department and seismologists working in the region said tide-gauge readings showed that the first earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.4, had generated small tsunamis that struck nearby shores, and that it might have caused some destruction along the coast.

Small tsunamis were recorded after both of these earthquakes.

Small tsunamis have been recorded by the tidal gauge on Lanyu Island since 1950.

Meanwhile, Hirata and Baba (2006) remarked that the OBTM data should be carefully corrected for the analysis of small tsunamis, since rapid temperature changes (e.g., ±0.005°C/min) frequently occur.

The biggest earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck early Friday, killing at least 15 people and triggering small tsunamis.