Tsunamis and tidal waves have a lot in common. Both are powerful ocean surges that can cause death and destruction. While that remains true, tsunamis and tidal waves differ in major ways, including in ...

and realized that giant tsunamis do not resemble tides." Tidal waves are caused by the gravitational interaction between Earth and the moon — and to a lesser extent, the sun. These waves are ...

Tsunamis are often referred to as "tidal waves" because ... Quartz writes, "they were split between one boat that powered directly up the face of the still-building wave, and another that rode ...

Tsunami experts theorize that shock waves produced after a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 caused the higher tidal levels seen along Japan's Pacific coastline.