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Are tsunami caused by cyclones?
No, tsunami are caused by sub-oceanic earthquakes. High storm surges caused by cyclones (typhoons, hurricanes) can seem tsunami-like, but are not tsunami.
What is a tsunami and how is it caused?
A tsunami is a huge tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
Is a tsunami caused by a hurricane?
no, a tsunami is caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water.
What is an ocean wave caused by an eartquake?
tsunami
What was the cause of the Japanese tsunami in 2011?
An earthquake caused the tsunami!
How did the Sumatra tsunami occur?
An earthquake caused the Sumatra Tsunami.
Are all the tsunamis over the coasts caused by the tsunami by japan?
yesNo, the Tsunami's were caused by the earthquake in Japan.
Why did tsunami hit Japan?
The tsunami hit because of the earthquake shifted the ground and caused the tsunami.
When did Japan earthquake happen before or after the tsunami?
The Earthquake occurred before the tsunami as it is what caused the tsunami.
Does a seismograph measure tsunami?
No. The Richter scale is a measure of the energy released at the focus of the earthquake - the point underground where it occurred. A Tsunami is an ocean wave generally caused by a submarine landslide or earthquake. The landslide or earthquake may have a Richter number associated with it, but the landslide itself need not have been caused by an earthquake. For example a slumping at the terminus of an undersea sediment delta. The Tsunami is the movement of the water caused by the volume of the submarine slump. Hence the common observation of the sea level going down, followed some time later by the sea in-rushing again.
Is a tsunami an earthquake?
No. A tsunami is a giant ocean wave. A tsunami can be caused by an earthquake, but they are completely different things.
2009 what caused the Tsunami in Samoan?
An earthquake happened, which triggered the tsunami.
