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Tsunami Animation - Landslide Generation

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Landslides can happen on the seafloor, just like on land. Areas of the seafloor that are steep and loaded with sediment are more prone to undersea landslides, such as the edge of the continental slope. When an undersea landslide occurs (perhaps after a nearby earthquake) a large mass of sand, mud and gravel can move down the slope. This movement will draw the water down and may cause a tsunami that will travel across the ocean.

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Title Tsunami Animation - Landslide Generation
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2e4ec508-b5a4-4bc6-91a0-3f849d82dc7d
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Tsunami Animation - Landslide Generation". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tsunami-animation-landslide-generation