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Did Mississippi get hit by a tsunamis fron hurricane Katrina?
No. There were large waves, but waves produce by hurricanes and other storms, not matter how big, are not tsunamis. Tsunamis are a very different type of wave.
What causes tsunamis floods?
No. Tsunamis are classified as huge tidal waves. Tsunamis cause floods when the waves hit the shore and the water rushes inland.
Is a tsunami one big wave?
No, a tsunamis is often a series of large waves.
Do tsunamis have magma?
No. A tsunami is a wave or series of waves traveling through water.
Are tsunamis just one wave?
Not usually. A tsunami can consist of thee or more waves.
What the differences between tsunamis and rouge waves?
a rouge wave is a wave in the ocean, and a tsunamis is a a wave made near a coast.
How many gallons of water in a tsunamis wave?
may be 1000 trillion gallons of water in a tsunamis wave
How are waves and tsunamis alike?
they all have to do with water.
Is p wave larger s wave surface wave or tsunamis?
Neither. P and S waves are body waves. Tsunamis are a different matter entirely.
The largest wave on a seismogram are?
Tsunamis
Do people think tsunamis are tidal waves?
Some people call tsunamis tidal waves but the word tsunami means "harbor wave" (tsu=harbor, nami=wave) so tsunamis have nothing to do with the tides.
Tsunamis are different to tidal waves because?
A tsunamis has a wave that is longer in length and looks like a fast rising tide rather than a traditional wave. A tidal wave is a wave that can reach as about a hundred feet tall and will look like a normal wave.
Which wave will have the highest wave height?
For water waves, the tsunamis reach the greatest heights
What is a large wave created by an earthquake on the ocean floor?
A tsunami is an ocean wave caused by an earthquake.It is not a tidal wave.
Can you give me facts about Tsunamis?
a tsunamie is a serious ocean wave
Are tsunamis waves?
Yes. I tsunami is a form of tidal wave.
What is another word for 'tsunami'?
Japanese word for tsunami-harbour wave. spanish word-maremoto.
