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Tsunamis occur most often along countries which border the Pacific "Rim of Fire", or "Ring of Fire" but they are not entirely restricted to just this region. One end of this region of high sesmic and volcanic activity begins at New Zealand, heading northwest to Indonesia (completely bypassing Australia) and then west to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, northeast along the Asian coastline, east to North America and then south along the western North American coastline. Roughly horse-shoe shaped, the Ring of Fire extends about 40,000km long, and tsunamis can be generated anywhere along this rim.
As for when tsunamis occur, they usually follow an earthquake. There are plates on the surface of the earth and there are some gaps between two plates, often under the sea. When these plates are moved, as in an undersea earthquake, it will generate movement of the water that develops into the huge sea wave known as a tsunami. As the sea wave approaches the shore it will increase in height and strength.
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What kind of cloud occur in a tsunami?
No type of cloud is associated with tusnamis, as a tsunami is not a weather-related phenonomenon. A tsunami can occur during absolutely any type of weather.
Will a tsunami occur in Lebanon?
Yes a tsunami can occur in Lebanon but not a severe one, since the basin of the Mediterranean Sea is not wide enough.
How did tsunami occur in japan2011?
9.0 earthquake
Which countries tsunami are occur?
A tsunami can occur in any country with a coastline. The vast majority, if not all, occur in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Earthquakes on the Ring of Fire is typically the cause of most of them.
Do tsunami waves occur in the middle of the ocean?
No, tsunamis are usually caused by a disturbance of the seabed such as an earthquake or landslide.
What occur of tsunami in particular location?
most tsunami occur at the sea.
Is their going to a big wave in 2016?
Tsunamis are very unpredictable. There might be a tsunami in 2016, but there is no way to be certain, and a tsunami is just as likely to occur in any other year,
How did the Sumatra tsunami occur?
An earthquake caused the Sumatra Tsunami.
When does tsunami occur?
2004
What kind of cloud occur in a tsunami?
No type of cloud is associated with tusnamis, as a tsunami is not a weather-related phenonomenon. A tsunami can occur during absolutely any type of weather.
When will the next tsunami hit japan?
There is no way of knowing when the next tsunami will occur.
Will there be a tsunami in california?
It is impossible to predict when a tsunami will occur until it actually starts.
Why did the largest tsunami occur?
Earthquake
When did the tsunami in Asia occur?
2006
Where all did tsunami occur?
japan
Will a tsunami occur in Lebanon?
Yes a tsunami can occur in Lebanon but not a severe one, since the basin of the Mediterranean Sea is not wide enough.
What countries do tsunamis occur in?
a tsunami has to occur an a ocean because their needs to be a large body of water in order for it to be a tsunami
