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3 years ago

In a tsunami event, the first arriving wave is often the largest a. true b false

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defon3 years ago

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False, well, not all of the time, as range is increased, the wave pattern evolves from a regime of maximum amplitude in the first oscillation to one of delayed maximum, where the largest amplitude takes place during a subsequent oscillation.

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