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Which regions are high-risk (darkest shade) in terms of tsunamis?

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Answer:

countries around the Pacific Ocean region

Step-by-step explanation:

Note that, a tsunami, put simply, is a series of ocean waves that cause a sharp increase in the water level of the ocean; often resulting in massive flooding of the land close to the ocean.

Many Meteorologists believe that countries located around the Pacific Ocean are at high-risk of tsunamis.

The countries around the Pacific Ocean region includes:

  1. Chile,
  2. Peru,
  3. The West Coast of the United States,
  4. Japan, and
  5. New Zealand.

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