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English term or phrase:
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English answer:
a short distance from the coast
English term
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4 +11 | a short distance from the coast |
Yvonne Gallagher
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a short distance from the coast
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Note added at 5 mins (2016-05-07 11:16:42 GMT)
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so the earthquake happened near the Japanese Pacific coast and caused a tsunami ...
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Note added at 10 mins (2016-05-07 11:22:13 GMT)
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it usually means a short distance from/not far from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-07 12:25:34 GMT)
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yes, to answer Sheila..how "close"? well according to this,http://www.britannica.com/event/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami...
The epicentre was located some 80 miles (130 km) east of the city of Sendai,
which I think would be considered fairly close for an earthquake and tsunami of such magnitute but basically ...it means this was the nearest coastline
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Jack Doughty
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Sheila Wilson
: I'm not sure it has to be close, as long as you're talking about the nearest land. In ocean-going yachting they talk about being "off X" but they aren't close.
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Thanks:-) I've added a note above
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Charles Davis
: How long is a piece of string? Considering the size of the ocean 80 miles is close.
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Thanks. Exactly! Anyway, I really think that "ocean-going yachting" and earthquakes/tsunamis are not really comparable. A tsunami can cover a distance in mins it would takes many days for a yacht to do
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James A. Walsh
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Edith Kelly
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AllegroTrans
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Jörgen Slet
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Ashutosh Mitra
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