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What is the effect of earthquake in the formation of tidal waves?
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It depends where the epicenter is.
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What is the effect of earthquake in formation of tidal waves?
It depends where does the epicenter is.
What is the name given to the huge waves that follow an earthquake?
Tsumanis or Tidal waves
What can happen when an earthquake occurs at sea?
tsunamis and tidal waves are some of the effects
What is a sentence for orignate?
Many tidal waves originate from an earthquake under the sea bed.
Why should you stay away from beaches after an earthquake has occureed?
Because of the risk of tidal waves following on.
Why was there an earthquake then a tsunami?
No. The answer is, first the earth trembles (there is earthquake), and if that earthquake is in sea or ocean, the water would be quaked too. As a result tidal waves will be created.. and that is Tsunami
Do waves occur before or after an earthquake?
waves occur all the time but after an earthquake tidal waves occur. Tidal waves are the cause of the tectonic plates colliding underwater. After the collision over time the wave goes form a small bump in the water to growing bigger and bigger into giant super wave capable of destroying towns.
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.
Is water the medium for earthquake waves?
No. Seismic waves travel through rock and sediment.Sea waves (tsunamis) are not generated by earthquake vibrations, but by the displacement of ocean water, which leads to the formation of waves when the crest reaches shallower water.
Why does tidal waves occur?
It happens due to the shifting of the earths plates.. Jus like a earthquake but it happens in the ocean!
What effect do tidal waves have on people and the environment?
tidal waves effect people a lot because it can kill them and it will cause floods or even worse a tsunami . It has no effect on the environment because it is nature it is supposed to happen but the worse it could do is put all our vegetation under water ;)
Why are tsunamis not like tidal waves?
Tsunami's are different in the sense that they are caused by MASSIVE underwater movement in the earth's crust. After the shift, a whirlpool with the strength of hundreds of tons is formed and is pushed upwards towards the surface into the form of a tsunami. A Tidal wave is caused by overlaping sea waves that bundle up over time from an event similar to an earthquake (but not an earthquake), and form into a monstrosity that can tip boats and even ships.
