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How tsunamis form

Tectonic plates cause tsunamis mainly through sudden movements along subduction zones, where one plate dives beneath another.
On 30 July, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami that spread across the Pacific Ocean.