Which mechanism causes enhanced tsunami amplitude when seismic waves shoal the coast?

💡 Explanation

When seismic waves approach the coast, reduced water depth causes decreased group velocity, concentrating wave energy into a smaller volume, amplifying the wave height. Therefore amplitude increases result, not frequency shifts, interference, or resonance which require different conditions and wave interactions.

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