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No. They can occur in any body of water, and are actually more common in the Pacific. It is only that the worst tsunami in living memory occurred in the Indian ocean. The Pacific actually had a tsunami warning system decades before the Indian Ocean did.
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Do hurricanes make tsunamis?
No, generally only earthquakes can generate tsunamis. Hurricanes only have the ability to churn up the very top layer of the ocean.
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.
Are you safer in the middle of the ocean or on the shore during a tsunami?
You are safer in the middle of the ocean, where a tsunamis is barely even noticeable. It only becomes dangerous when it enters shallow water.
What is the only ocean through which the equator does not passes?
indian
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 the smallest normal ocean?
The smallest ocean in the world is the Indian ocean, because the Pacific has a lot of earthquakes and tsunamis and the Atlantic has the Bermuda triangle and the Indian ocean is the only normal one
Do tsunamis only happen in the ocean?
No. Tsunamis have happened on lakes as well.
Can tsunamis happen in rivers?
No they can't. Tsunamis only happen in the ocean.
Do tsunamis take place in the US?
no tsunamis have taken place in the US because it only has the ocean on the sides of the country, not the middle. :)
Do hurricanes make tsunamis?
No, generally only earthquakes can generate tsunamis. Hurricanes only have the ability to churn up the very top layer of the ocean.
What ocean is only in the eastern hemisphere?
indian ocean
What ocean do you have to cross if you want to get to India from eastern Africa?
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean from West Africa, from the East only the Indian Ocean.
What ocean lies completely in the eastern hemisphere?
All of them, but the Indian Ocean is the only ocean completely in the eastern hemisphere, whereas the Pacific or Atlantic or Arctic or Southern are partly in the eastern hemisphere.
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.
Which ocean is in only the eastern hemisphere?
The Indian Ocean.
What is the only ocean that the equator doesn't pass?
The Indian ocean
The only ocean entirely in the eastern hemisphere is?
indian ocean
