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What is a tidal wave caused by a earthquake?
This is known as a tsunami.
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.
What is the name of the tidal wave that can occur after a earthquake?
Such waves have nothing to do with tides. The preferred term is tsunami.
Which earthquake wave is not a seismic wave?
the sound wave
What is a long wave caused by an underwater earthquake or other disturbance called?
A tidal wave is caused by an earthquake.
Where is the term for a water wave that is Created by on Underwater earthquake?
Tsunami
What is the term for a water wave that creates an underwater earthquake?
When an underwater earthquake displacing a large volume of sea water the effect could be a tsunami (tidal wave).
How is a wave in the ocean created?
by an earthquake
What wave is a wave of energy produced at the focus of an earthquake?
A seismic wave. If the earthquake occurs under water, the seismic waves can produce waves in the water called tsunami.
What the term for a water wave that is created by an underwater earthquake?
That is a tsunami, a wave that involves the entire column of water from surface to seabed. Ordinary waves involve only the first several meters of the surface; if you go down far enough, you wouldn't even know that there are waves above.
What is the connection between seismic waves and an earthquake?
A seismic wave is created by a earthquake.
A tidal wave created by an earthquake is know as a?
Tsunami
What is a wave that is created when the seafloor slips after an underwater earthquake?
a tsunami
What is a tsunami made of?
water. it is an earthquake that results in a big wave
What wave is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
Sound wave, waves on the surface of water, earthquake waves
A sea wave that is created when the seafloor slips after an underwater earthquake?
tsunamis
What is a underwater earthquake?
An underwater earthquake is when an earthquake happens under water that makes a big wave happen and kills lots of people.
