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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 giant ocean wave caused by an earthquake or a severe storm called?

A Tsunami, or tidal wave, or seismic sea wave may be caused by an earthquake. It is incorrect to refer to giant ocean waves caused by severe storms as tsunamis. Severe storms may cause giant ocean waves referred to as "Rogue Waves" - which are distinct from and NOT the same as Tsunamis.


What are giant tidal waves caused by volcanic activity?

Giant tidal waves caused by volcanic activity are known as tsunamis. They can occur when a volcanic eruption leads to the collapse of a volcanic island or the explosive eruption displaces a large volume of water. Additionally, underwater volcanic eruptions can generate tsunamis if they cause significant disturbances in the ocean. These tsunamis can travel across vast distances and cause devastating impacts on coastal areas.


Can tsunamis be caused by earthquakes in the ocean floor?

Tsunamis are usually triggered by earthquakes that occur at subduction zones. A subduction zone is where one tectonic plate slide under another.Tsunamis are also caused by landslides along the coastline, which may be triggered by earthquakes, and on rare occasion by meteors crashing into the oceans if they're of significant size.


Do all earthquakes cause tsunamis?

No sometimes not a month ago the usa got a small earthquake on the east coast and caused no tusanmi

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Are tsunamis caused by tidal waves?

no it is caused by earthquakes


Can tornado winds form tsunamis?

No. Tsunamis are not caused by wind. They are generally caused by underwater earthquakes or landslides. Tornadoes have caused water levels to fluctuate while crossing small lakes, but this phenomenon is more similar to seiches than to tsunamis.


Will Newfoundland ever disappear in the ocean because of a tsunami?

No because Newfoundland is not hot enough for any tropical storm, including tsunamis. Newfoundland is in Canada. And Canada is a non tropical country because it is in the northern hemisphere . So it is extremely rare and very unlikely that Canada will ever have a tropical storm like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. And no tsunami will be ever big enough to sink the whole island of Newfoundland.


Tsunamis are what?

Tsunamis that are triggered by volcanic eruptions


Is a tsunami caused by the wheather nature or by humans?

Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes.


Is tsunamis always caused by earthquakes?

yes


What is tsunamis caused by under waters?

Earthquakes.


Does Tsunamis have weather?

no tsunamis does not have weather they are caused by the interior movements of the earth like earthquakes volcano etc.


What causes tsunamis floods?

No. Tsunamis are classified as huge tidal waves. Tsunamis cause floods when the waves hit the shore and the water rushes inland.


Are tsunamis waves in lakes and rivers caused by earthquakes?

no


What are the names of waves caused by earthquakes?

They are called Tsunamis.


What are tsunamis caused by?

Godzilla's farts.