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When the Earths plates crack water starts to rise and the lands feature curves the water and the tsunami begins

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What is the caused the tsunami?

It is when the plates of the earth move under the sea


What creates a powerful tsunami?

A powerful earthquake. Earth quakes are caused when the 'plates' of earth shift and one gets pushe under the other.


How does tsunami erupt?

well there are tectonic plates at the end of the sea and then one of those tectonic plates go up and a tsunami will erupt?


What do you call the plates that cause tsunami's?

They are called tectonic plates. See the related question below for more information about the causes of tsunami.


What are tectonic plates and plate boundaries?

Tectonic plates are plates underneath the ground we stand on that help to form the structure of the earth, when two tectonic plates colide they create terrains such as mountains. they have also been known to cause some Tsunami's.


When tsunami most likely to occur?

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How did the Japan tsunami start?

It starts after an earthquake. an earthquake is caused by two plates under the earth rub together.


What plates move to create a tsunami?

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How are earthquake and a tsunami related?

tectonic plates


What does plates do?

Tectonic plates are sections of the Earth's crust, which float on the mantle beneath the crust. You can see where plates end at fault lines, like the San Andreas fault line in the USA, These plates are constantly shifting, and if they collide, the shockwave can cause an earthquake and/or Tsunami


What is one thing that shows that Earth's crustal plates are moving?

uhh, how about earthquakes? like the one that just killed 10,000 people in Japan with a tsunami.


What two plates moved during the boxing day tsunami?

what two plates in the boxing day tsunami 2004 hit together? The Australian and the Eurasion plates moved to form the boxing day tsunami.