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Main article: Historic tsunami[->0]
As early as 426 B.C.[->1] the Greek[->2] historian Thucydides[->3] inquired in his book History of the Peloponnesian War[->4] about the causes of tsunami, and was the first to argue that ocean earthquakes must be the cause.[5]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-Smid.2C_T._C._103f.-5"[6]
The cause, in my opinion, of this phenomenon must be sought in the earthquake. At the point where its shock has been the most violent the sea is driven back, and suddenly recoiling with redoubled force, causes the inundation. Without an earthquake I do not see how such an accident could happen.[12]
The Roman[->5] historian Ammianus Marcellinus[->6] (Res Gestae 26.10.15-19) described the typical sequence of a tsunami, including an …show more content…
Stephen A. Nelson (28-Jan-2009). "Tsunami"[->215]. Tulane University[->216]. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
^ a b Gusiakov V.. "Tsunami Quantification: how we measure the overall size of tsunami (Review of tsunami intensity and magnitude scales)"HYPERLINK "http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/data/presentations/jtc/gusiakov.pdf"[->217]. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
^ Abe K. (1995). Estimate of Tsunami Run-up Heights from Earthquake Magnitudes[->218]. ISBN[->219] 9780792334835HYPERLINK "http://books.google.com/?id=5YjaGdQOJIwC&pg=PA21&dq=abe+magnitude+scale+tsunami+1981&q=abe%20magnitude%20scale%20tsunami%201981"[->220]. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
^ Chanson, H.[->221] (2010). Tsunami Warning Signs on the Enshu Coast of Japan[->222]. Shore & Beach, Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 52–54. ISSN[->223] 4237 0037 4237HYPERLINK "http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:203103"[->224].
^ Lambourne, Helen (2005-03-27). "Tsunami: Anatomy of a disaster"[->225]. BBC[->226].
^ Kenneally, Christine (2004-12-30). "Surviving the Tsunami: What Sri Lanka 's animals knew that humans didn 't"[->227]. Slate …show more content…
[->216] - http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol204/tsunami.htm
[->217] - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/data/presentations/jtc/gusiakov.pdf
[->218] - http://books.google.com/?id=5YjaGdQOJIwC&pg=PA21&dq=abe+magnitude+scale+tsunami+1981&q=abe%20magnitude%20scale%20tsunami%201981
[->219] - /wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number
[->220] - /wiki/Special:BookSources/9780792334835
[->221] - /wiki/Hubert_Chanson
[->222] - http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:203103
[->223] - /wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number
[->224] - http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0037
[->225] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4269847.stm
[->226] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4269847.stm
[->227] - http://www.slate.com/id/2111608
[->228] - http://www.slate.com/id/2111608
[->229] - /wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun
[->230] - http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/news/20110512-OYT1T00947.htm
[->231] - /wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun
[->232] - http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/news/20110512-OYT1T00947.htm
[->233] - http://oneclick.indiatimes.com/photo/03XDbnv4J99vW?q=Tokyo
[->234] - http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/12/2213495/experts-early-warnings-mitigated.html
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