The earthquake in Japan was caused like any other earthquake, by two tectonic plates hitting and moving each other. The tsunami in Japan was caused because the earthquake happened close to the surface of the earth in the lithosphere (crust). The seismic waves (mostly the Secondary waves rather than the Primary Compression Waves) shook the water and later became a giant tidal wave, which was the tsunami in Japan.
The earthquake and tsunami were caused by a shift in the earths crust.
The Tsunami in Japan in 2011 was caused by an earthquake gesitering a magnitude 9.0.
An earthquake in the ocean.Global warming
No. The earthquake that caused the Tsunami in Indonesia in 2004 was a bigger earthquake than the one that hit Japan.
An earthquake off the coast caused it.
An earthquake off the coast caused it.
well te earthquake caused the tsunami to hit so the earthquake did the most damage
yesNo, the Tsunami's were caused by the earthquake in Japan.
Japan had an earthquake and tsunami which caused and radioactive blow.
An earthquake and the tsunami. It was the 5th worst earthquake in the world. The worst disaster for Japan.
A huge earthquake off the coast of Japan and it's aftershocks caused the tsunami.
The earthquake in Japan is a result of the Pacific Plate subducting under the North American Plate. The earthquake was caused by thrust faulting.