Question

'Tsunami', is a word in which language?

• A. Arabic
• B. Japanese
• C. Korean
• D. Chinese

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Japanese

Tsunami, the Japanese word means 'harbour wave'. Tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water. Earthquakes, Volcanic eruption, under water explosions etc.; above and below the water have the potential to generate a Tsunami. The first Tsunami warning centre in India located at Hyderabad. DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) is a component of an enhanced Tsunami warning system. Boxing day Tsunami (Sumtara- Andaman earth quake) was occurred on 26 December 2004.