Earthquakes don't generate tsunamis - a tsunami is caused by different atmospheric pressure systems coming together. An underwater earthquake would generate a tidal wave, which is caused by the water displaced by the earthquake.
A Tsunami is generated by an underwater earthquake.
when there is a earthquake or landslide underwater
The Thailand tsunami in 2004 was generated by a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The earthquake caused a rupture in the ocean floor, displacing a large volume of water which then produced the tsunami waves that hit Thailand and other countries in the region.
Probably "tsunami" misspelled. A tsunami is an ocean wave generated by a submarine earthquake, volcano or landslide.
In 2010 Haiti experienced a strong earthquake but there was NO TSUNAMI.
A tsunami.
The tsunami generated by the 2010 Chile earthquake took approximately 15 hours to reach Chile after the earthquake occurred.
No because the New Madrid quakes occurred far inland, so therefore no tsunami was generated by the plate tectonics under a large body of water as is the mechanism for most earthquake-generated tsunamis. However, the New Madrid fault earthquake did cause the Mississippi river to flow backwards.
Yes, the devastating tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011, was triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0. The earthquake, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, generated massive ocean waves that resulted in the tsunami.
A wall of water caused by an earthquake is called a tsunami. Tsunamis are large ocean waves generated by seismic activity such as underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
There are tsunamis and there are tsunami trains. A tsunami is generated by an underwater earthquake. A new tsunami has to wait for a new earthquake. It is not uncommon for any earthquake to be followed by one or more aftershocks within a matter of hours or days, so a new tsunami can result similarly. Since earthquake behavior is notoriously unpredictable, so is tsunami generation. A single tsunami results in a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours. This is called the tsunami "wave train". There is more information in the related links.
Sometimes a tsunami can occur after an earthquake has taken place. You can know when a tsunami will occur by the way the water reacts at a beach near the ocean. The water will start to pull away from the beach faster than a tide will. When this happens, the tsunami is about to strike.