tsunamigenic

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adjective of an earthquake capable of generating a tsunami; commonly along major subduction-zone plate boundaries such as those bordering the Pacific Ocean

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If the event happened off the coast of Alaska, the closest tsunamigenic zone to Hawaii, remotely operated buoys called Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis buoys—commonly called DART buoys—would be able to tell the size and velocity of a tsunami headed across the Pacific.

Rogue Wave Boyd Morrison 2010
But the threat of a tsunami is almost negligible because the event was not tsunamigenic.

Rogue Wave Boyd Morrison 2010
Although tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Mediterranean are smaller than the biggest ones around the Pacific rim, Magnitude 8 events have been recorded, such as the 1303 Crete quake whose tsunami devastated Heraklion and Alexandria.

BBC News - Home 2011
Because we live in a bad neighborhood: there has been a tsunamigenic earthquake every year, except 2008, since

Kottu 2009
History reveals that MSZ has generated many tsunamigenic earthquakes in the northern Arabian Sea making the region vulnerable to tsunamis.

unknown title 2009
"The threat of a great tsunamigenic earthquake with a magnitude of more than 8.5 on the Mentawai patch is unabated.

News24 Top Stories 2010
"The threat of a great tsunamigenic earthquake with a magnitude of more than 8.5 on the Mentawai patch is unabated.

News24 Top Stories 2010