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What is a water wave caused by an earthquake volcanic irruption or landslide?
Tsunami
What is exactly a tsunami?
A tsunami is a huge ocean wave that can travel at speeds up to 600 mi/hr (965 km/hr), hundreds of miles over open sea before it hits land. Sometimes incorrectly called a tidal wave, a tsunami is usually caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruption or coastal landslide. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a really big wave
What rogue wave in Alaska overran an island?
The Tsunami caused by the 1964 Good Friday earthquake.
Are a seismic sea wave and a tsunami the same thing?
The term tidal wave is often used to mean a tsunami. However, the term "tidal wave" has fallen out of favor because tsunamis have nothing to do with tides. The term tidal wave may also refer to a tidal bore, which is a wave that forms in some locations when the tide is rising.
What tsunami is not a tidal wave?
The one that is not caused by and earthquake or seaquake. Well you can see that a tsunami will still be in the air, it can be called the wall of water, it goes over land. Wile a tidal wave is a beach wave that still goes over land, that means that a tsunami is worse.
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 a long wave caused by an underwater earthquake or other disturbance called?
A tidal wave is caused by an earthquake.
What is a huge sea wave caused by undersea earthquake?
a tsunami is a tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake :]
Are Secondary waves a Cause of a Earthquake?
No they ARE caused by the recession of the first wave which IS caused by an earthquake.
Huge surface wave caused by a underwater earthquake?
This sort of wave is called a tsunami. The name comes from the Japanese language and means 'harbor wave'.
Was the Kashmir earthquake caused by a mechanical wave or electromagnetic wave?
A mechanical wave.
What causes a surface wave?
A surface wave is caused by an earthquake. When the earthquake causes primary, and secondary waves to interact, a surface wave is formed.
Is earthquake is also called tsunami?
No, an earthquake is a sudden shift in tectonic plates caused by built up pressure. This cause the Ground to shake. A Tsunami is a giant wave. Tsunamis can be caused by an earthquake happening under the ocean
Long wave caused by an underwater earthquake?
Tsunami
What can be caused when an earthquake happens underwater?
a tsunami wave
What is a tsunami and how is it caused?
A tsunami is a huge tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
What isa gigantic wave caused by an underwater earthquake?
a tsunami
