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1.) They are both natural disasters.

2.) They can kill people.

3.) They are linked to plate tectonics.

4.) Sometimes, they happen together, especially undersea earthquake triggering a tsunami.

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1.) In the Hong Kong Observatory, there is no earth quake warning but there is tsunami warning.

2.) There is only one way which triggers an earthquake, but there are several ways that triggers a tsunami like undersea earthquake, undersea volcano, severe undersea landslide, etc.

3.) Earthquakes destroy buildings, tsunami don't.

4.) Earthquakes are measured in Richter scale while tsunami is measured in tsunami scale.

5.) Tsunami comes from a Japanese word meaning "harbour wave".

6.) Earthquakes are mostly unpredictable, but tsunamis are sometimes predictable.

7.) Earthquakes vary in intensity while tsunami vary in height.

8.) It's difficult to escape an earthquake but it's easy to escape a tsunami.

9.) Earthquakes are considered as the modest or worst natural disasters ever.

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