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With the right instruments, yes. However, if you were on a boat in the open ocean, you would not notice any disturbance.
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What instrument is used to detect tsunami?
One instrument that used to detect Tsunami is a deep ocean tsunami detection buoys.
What is a tsunameter?
Tsunameters are devices installed in the ocean to detect and measure the waves of a tsunami
Can a large ship in the ocean feel a tsunami?
Not in the deep open ocean. Out there a tsunami will pass unnoticed under boats.
Can a tsunami move faster than a cheetah?
In open ocean, yes. A cheetah can move at 60 to 70 mph. A tsunami in open ocean can move at 500 to 600 mph.
How dangerous are tsunami in the open ocean and why?
Tsunamis in the open ocean are not dangerous at all; they aren't even noticeable. In deep ocean water a tsunamis is only a few feet to a few inches high and dozens of miles long. It is only when a tsunami reaches shallow water that it gains height.
What instrument is used to detect tsunami?
One instrument that used to detect Tsunami is a deep ocean tsunami detection buoys.
What is a tsunameter?
Tsunameters are devices installed in the ocean to detect and measure the waves of a tsunami
Can a large ship in the ocean feel a tsunami?
Not in the deep open ocean. Out there a tsunami will pass unnoticed under boats.
Can a tsunami move faster than a cheetah?
In open ocean, yes. A cheetah can move at 60 to 70 mph. A tsunami in open ocean can move at 500 to 600 mph.
What are the solutions for the Boxing Day tsunami?
they put up buoys in the indian ocean to detect future tsunamis
How many ships sunk on open ocean by tsunamis?
None in the open ocean because in the open ocean the tsunami waves are not very large. They only build as they hit shallow water.
What speed does a tsunami wave move through the open ocean?
23 mph
How dangerous are tsunami in the open ocean and why?
Tsunamis in the open ocean are not dangerous at all; they aren't even noticeable. In deep ocean water a tsunamis is only a few feet to a few inches high and dozens of miles long. It is only when a tsunami reaches shallow water that it gains height.
Why is it called Indian Ocean Tsunami Not Indonesian Tsunami?
Because the tsunami spreed all across the Indian Ocean ,not only in Indonesia.
What is an ocean wave caused by an eartquake?
tsunami
Why can't sailors detect a tsunami mid ocean?
In Mid- Ocean, a Tsunami is really nothing more that a small swell, and as it is, It is undetectable unless you happen to have on you a device that measures Oceanic Seismic Activity. This is because the water is deep enough there for the massive force to be under the waves until it reaches shallower water.
Can people predict tsunami's?
To a limited degree yes. If an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude or greater occurs underwater a tsunami watch is issued. If buoys detect the tsunami as it travels though open ocean a tsunami warning is issued.
