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seismic sea wave

NOUN
tidal wave
Synonyms
STRONGEST
tsunami
WEAK
eagre giant sea swell giant wave rogue wave seiche surface wave tidal bore white horses

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There must have been some surface changes because a tsunami, a seismic sea wave commonly miscalled a tidal wave, spread swiftly southward from Alaska.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some 2,800 miles from the epicenter, at Hilo, Hawaii, the seismic sea wave caused the ocean to rise 121 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

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