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What are undersea earthquakes?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Undersea volcanoes that erupt.

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Which natural disaster is caused by undersea earthquakes?

Normally undersea earthquakes causes giant waves, known as TSUNAMIS.


What are the huge waves that can develop from undersea earthquakes?

tsunami


What are some factors that cause tsunamis?

Tsunamis are caused by undersea landslides. There are many possible causes for undersea landslides, but the most common are undersea earthquakes.


What is the cause of most tsunami's?

Undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.


Why all tsunamis don't cause earthquakes?

Tsunamis do not not cause earthquakes at all. Tsunamis are usually the result of an undersea earthquake.


Why can't you use a Mercalli scale to measure undersea earthquake?

Earthquakescan be measured using the Mercalli Scale, which ranks earthquakes on their effects, such as how they were felt and the damage they caused. Undersea earthquakes can't be measured with this scale because they do not cause this type of damage


What do earthquakes do to the sea?

In some instances and undersea earthquake can trigger a tsunami, a kind of massive wave.


Can thetsunami be predicted?

Not at this time. Tsunamis are formed by undersea earthquakes. Until we have a guaranteed way to predict earthquakes, all we can do is clean up the aftermath of these disasters.


What is one thing that can cause a tsunami?

Most tsunamis are caused by earthquakes below the sea level. These undersea earthquakes are a result of shifting in the earths tectonic plates.


How do tsunami take birth?

Undersea earthquakes and landslides push large masses of water, producing the waves.


What is a possible effects of earthquakes that occur on the ocean floor?

Tsunamis (aka tidal waves) are a possibility, but are not limited to undersea quakes.


What compares and contrasts earthquakes and tsunamis?

Compare: 1.) They are both natural disasters. 2.) They can kill people. 3.) They are linked to plate tectonics. 4.) Sometimes, they happen together, especially undersea earthquake triggering a tsunami. Contrast: 1.) In the Hong Kong Observatory, there is no earth quake warning but there is tsunami warning. 2.) There is only one way which triggers an earthquake, but there are several ways that triggers a tsunami like undersea earthquake, undersea volcano, severe undersea landslide, etc. 3.) Earthquakes destroy buildings, tsunami don't. 4.) Earthquakes are measured in Richter scale while tsunami is measured in tsunami scale. 5.) Tsunami comes from a Japanese word meaning "harbour wave". 6.) Earthquakes are mostly unpredictable, but tsunamis are sometimes predictable. 7.) Earthquakes vary in intensity while tsunami vary in height. 8.) It's difficult to escape an earthquake but it's easy to escape a tsunami. 9.) Earthquakes are considered as the modest or worst natural disasters ever.