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Seiche in Lake Geneva, Switzerland

By Earthquake Hazards Program 2021 (approx.)
Illustration titled "Seiche in Lake Geneva (Switzerland)" with a labeled node in Lake Geneva and showing "One wavelength equals twice the length of the lake"
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Seiche in Lake Geneva (Switzerland)

A seiche is the sloshing of a closed body of water from earthquake shaking. Swimming pools often have seiches during earthquakes.

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Image courtesy of Professor Brennan, Geneseo State Univ. of New York