Intro

    A tsunami (soo-nah-mee) is a lot of waves that have been affected by a geographic commotion and are shot upwards.  Tsunami is a Japanese word that means, “harbor wave”.  When an earthquake underwater causes a tsunami, it can be called a seismic sea wave.
   
Did you know that if a tsunami passes under a boat that’s far out in the ocean it wouldn’t be noticeable?  Or, that 80 per-cent of all tsunamis happen in the Pacific Ocean and Japan?