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It is simply a manner of naming. The same type of storms that are called typhoons in the west Pacific Ocean are called hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, and cyclones in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Pacific Ocean is surrounded by subduction zones (also called the Pacific Ring of Fire). These are regions in the crust of the earth where one tectonic plate is shoved underneath another. Because the plates do not move smoothly, they can make sudden shifts which can cause the sea floor to change elevation quickly. The water that is displaced by these sudden changes can cause waves to travel thousands of miles across the ocean until they hit land. As the wave approaches shallower water, it slows down and increases in amplitude, sometimes increasing in height enough to cause severe damage to coastal areas.
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∙ 13y agoThey happen elsewhere too ("tidal waves). When a seafloor earthquake occurs (commonly due to shifting of the overlapped meeting point of continental plates) then the sudden displacement imparts a huge energy "clap" to the ocean above, creating an enormous compression zone, effectively a giant sound wave ("bang"), and this races round the world. When it comes up against shallows near land the energy is converted to a mountain of water, and we all know the rest.
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∙ 14y agoNot true. Tsunamis can occur in any large body of water if there is an earthquake underwater.
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Why Philippines called typhoon belt?
The Philippines is called the typhoon belt because it is in the typhoon belt in the Pacific Ocean. The typhoon belt is the area where most typhoons occur.
What is the difference between a typhoon and a super typhoon?
First we must cover the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon, which is only one of location. A hurricane occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or in the northern Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line. A typhoon occurs in the northern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line. A major hurricane is a hurricane of at least category 3 strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale, that is with winds of at least 111 mph. Super typhoon is an unofficial category for a typhoon with winds of at least 150 mph, which is equivalent to a strong category 4 hurricane.
Does typhoons turn into hurricanes when they hit land?
No. A typhoon is essentially the same thing as a hurricane, the difference is where in the world they occur. A hurricane is a storm that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific. A typhoon is the same type of storm in the western Pacific. Making landfall does not make a difference. However, a hurricane that crosses into the western Pacific becomes a typhoon and a typhoon that crosses into the eastern Pacific becomes a hurricane, though this is less common.
Can Greece have typhoons?
Generally speaking, No. It is extremely rare for Greece to have a typhoon, but it is not, strictly speaking, impossible. Even then, if a typhoon-type storm were to strike Greece it would not be called a typhoon; it would be a tropical cyclone. The term typhoon is reserved for tropical cyclones that occur in the western Pacific Ocean.
What are hurricanes called when they occur in the North Asian Pacific?
Typhoon (s)
Where do tidal wave occur?
mostly in the Pacific Ocean
The greatest ocean depths found anywhere occur in ocean what?
pacific
What are hurricanes called in the pacific?
A typhoon, the pacific coast in the western Pacific Ocean where they generate is the Powerfull Mexican Pacific Sea Board, and in Mexico they are called Hurricane also remembering the wind god of the Olmecs.
What do more tsunamis occur in the pacific ocean or in the Atlantic ocean?
in the pacific ocean because of the ring of fire (where a lot of active volcanoes are)
Where do tsunamis occur along coastal areas?
tsunamis occur at pacific ocean
Most earthquakes occur around the outer edge of what ocean?
The pacific ocean
Where does a hurricane most often occur?
If you asking what part of the world do they occur the most then the answer is western pacific (which they call them Typhoon). Now in the Atlantic, they come out of Africa and most of the time form into hurricanes. So I have to say in between Africa and the Lesser Antilles.
