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That is not correct.

Earthquakes' energy doesn't all go to displacing water and hence generating tsunamis. An ocean impact is significantly more efficient at transferring energy into tsunamis.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B97804...



Interesting, I would assume surface wave dissipation to counteract that compared to seabed origin.




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