title waves or tsunami's
A Tsunami.
When an earthquake occurs where a slab of the ocean floor is displaced vertically along a fault.
Because of the giant earthquake. The big earthquake that happened in Japan this year was near the coast. That means part of it was underwater. Tsunamis can be generated when the sea floor suddenly deforms and affects the water over it. Tectonic earthquakes are a kind of earthquake that are associated with the earth's crust being messed up; when these earthquakes happen beneath the ocean, the water above the earthquake-y area is messed up. Waves are formed as the displaced water attempts to regain its former peacefulness. When large areas of the sea floor become earthquake-y, a tsunami can form.
Haiti's earthquake was not strong enough to produce a tsunami. The earthquake caused a lot of destruction in Haiti, but that was largely because the buildings in Haiti had not been designed to withstand earthquakes. The earthquake in Haiti had its epicentre on LAND not in the ocean. Thus there was no sea floor movement associated with the earthquake which could have produced a tsunami.
A earthquake on a sea floor
tsunami
When an earthquake occurs where a slab of the ocean floor is displaced vertically along a fault.
No.
Haiti's earthquake was not strong enough to produce a tsunami. The earthquake caused a lot of destruction in Haiti, but that was largely because the buildings in Haiti had not been designed to withstand earthquakes. The earthquake in Haiti had its epicentre on LAND not in the ocean. Thus there was no sea floor movement associated with the earthquake which could have produced a tsunami.
Because of the giant earthquake. The big earthquake that happened in Japan this year was near the coast. That means part of it was underwater. Tsunamis can be generated when the sea floor suddenly deforms and affects the water over it. Tectonic earthquakes are a kind of earthquake that are associated with the earth's crust being messed up; when these earthquakes happen beneath the ocean, the water above the earthquake-y area is messed up. Waves are formed as the displaced water attempts to regain its former peacefulness. When large areas of the sea floor become earthquake-y, a tsunami can form.
If the earthquake is weak you won't always feel it. Our first floor neighbours almost never feel earthqukes that we on the 11th. floor do.
The succession of waves is called a tsunami.
No, an earthquake on the ocean floor can cause a tsunami (a series of large waves). Earthquakes do not influence weather events such as tornadoes.
An earthquake beneath the Ocean floor.
tsuami
A earthquake on a sea floor
maybe; the more powerful the earthquake, the more likely you are to feel it.
A tsunami is an ocean wave caused by an earthquake.It is not a tidal wave.