underwater

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Triggered by earthquakes, underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions, they spread rapidly over long distances before releasing their energy near the coast in the form of sudden submersion and extremely powerful currents.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

About 71% of his delivery routes, he said, are financially underwater.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"David would be in South America, then Australia, showing things people had never seen… underwater life, bats, reptiles - everything."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Far below the control room, the underwater door glided open.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown