Synopsis
A demonstration of how an underwater earthquake can cause a tsunami.
- Programme: Bang Goes the Theory
- Series: 4
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Natural hazards | Tsunamis | Tsunamis
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