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What type of storm is a tsunami?
A tsunami is not a type of storm at all. A tsunami is a large ocean wave or series of waves usually caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide.
What type of fault was in the japan earthquake?
tsunami
Is earthquake a type of tsunami?
No, a tsunami MAY occur after an earthquake, if the epicenter of the quake was underwater. Tsunamis do not always follow an underwater earthquake, though. That adds to people's uncertainty after a quake, especially about whether they should flee to higher ground after a quake.
Is a tsunami a hurricane in the water?
No. A hurricane on water is simply a hurricane. Tsunami is a large wave triggered by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake. A hurricane is a type of storm.
What type of precipitation happens during Tsunamis?
A tsunami is not a storm. It is a wave created by an earthquake or landslide. A tsunami can strike during any kind of weather.
Is a tsunami a type of weather?
No, tsunamis are caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or asteroid impacts, which then displace a massive amount of water, in the form of multiple tsunami waves. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and asteroids have nothing to do with the weather.
Is a tsunami a storm?
No. While a tsunami can be considered a type of flood, most floods are not tsunamis. A tsunami is a flood resulting from a large, long wavelength wave usually triggered by an undersea earthquake. Flooding can occur in a number of other ways and due to a number of causes, the most common of which is too much rain.
Tsunamis can be triggered by which type of event?
An undersea earthquake can trigger a Tsunami by suddenly displacing a large volume of water.
What type of fault caused the Tangshan earthquake?
the uneven heat distribution between the plate tectonics
What type of earthquake was the 2011 Japanese earthquakes?
Earthquakes don't come in "types"; but there are a number of ways of how they are caused. In this case, the Japan 2011 earthquake happened when the pacific plated shifted, causing a tremendous amount of energy to be released and resulting in the earthquake and tsunami.
What type of plate boundary caused the Chile earthquake in 1960?
transform boundary
What type of fault caused the rat islands earthquake?
On February 4th, 1965, a reverse fault caused the Rat Islands Earthquake, Alaska, at 5:01 A.M.
