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This is known as a tsunami.
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What is a long wave caused by an underwater earthquake or other disturbance called?
A tidal wave is caused by an earthquake.
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 the name for a large wave and damaging wave often caused by an earthquake?
Answer A "Tsunami". *Note: A Tsunami Wave is often wrongly named "Tidal Wave", although they have absolutely nothing to do with Tidal systems.
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 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.
What is a long wave caused by an underwater earthquake or other disturbance called?
A tidal wave is caused by an earthquake.
What is a tsunami and how is it caused?
A tsunami is a huge tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a huge sea wave caused by undersea earthquake?
a tsunami is a tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake :]
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 the another name for tidal wave?
Another name for tsunami is tidal wave. They are both huge waves caused by earthquakes. Also, both their sizes depend on where the earthquake's epicenter and focus is. So, they are exactly the same thing.
How does earthquake generated tsunami?
Earthquakes don't generate tsunamis - a tsunami is caused by different atmospheric pressure systems coming together. An underwater earthquake would generate a tidal wave, which is caused by the water displaced by the earthquake.
Are a seismic sea wave and a tsunami the same thing?
Yes, a seismic sea wave and a tsunami are the same thing. They both refer to a series of ocean waves that are typically caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions and can result in destructive coastal flooding.
A tidal wave created by an earthquake is know as a?
Tsunami
Where was tsunamis?
A tsunami is a wave that is usally caused by either an undersea earthquake or by a land slip into the sea. Tsunamis were once called tidal waves.
How did the tsunami in japan take place?
There was a really big earthquake in the sea off Japan . About 9 on the Richter scale. This then caused the tidal wave.
What is the name for a large wave and damaging wave often caused by an earthquake?
Answer A "Tsunami". *Note: A Tsunami Wave is often wrongly named "Tidal Wave", although they have absolutely nothing to do with Tidal systems.
What tsunami is not a tidal wave?
The one that is not caused by and earthquake or seaquake. Well you can see that a tsunami will still be in the air, it can be called the wall of water, it goes over land. Wile a tidal wave is a beach wave that still goes over land, that means that a tsunami is worse.
