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What is the name for a large wave and damaging wave often caused by an earthquake?
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∙ 10y ago
Answer A "Tsunami". *Note: A Tsunami Wave is often wrongly named "Tidal Wave", although they have absolutely nothing to do with Tidal systems.
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∙ 15y ago
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What is the sudden shaking of the earth that often causes a lot of damage?
An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by shifts in the tectonic plates as they move against each other.
A large area of land often with a large house on it?
a large area of often with a large house on it
Where does earthquake occur often?
Most come through California or islands on the west coast.
Can you die in an earthquake?
If you stand near a building then it can crush you to death. If you stand near anything during an earthquake it might fall and hurt you or part of a building might fall off and hurt you.Most injuries caused by earthquakes result from things falling down and hitting someone; in a large earthquake it is not uncommon for entire buildings to collapse, and if people are inside those buildings when they collapse, the structural material of the building (bricks, cement, wooden beams, etc.) will fall on top of those people and injure them. Since earthquakes can open up large crevices in the earth, people sometimes fall into those as well. Tsunamis are a special case. Earthquakes can cause huge ocean waves called tsunamis, which can then strike people, cars, buildings, etc. with great force, and often will cause people to be washed out to sea where they may drown. Then there is damage to gas lines, power lines, or other infrastructure, which can result in fires or other damage.
When do most earthquakes occur in Japan?
Japan is an arc caused by subduction of the Pacific and Phillipine plates beneath the Eurasian plate. The subduction plates lose water to the mantle rocks as they go down, which causes the mantle rock to melt. This is the magma that forms the volcanoes. The earthquakes are caused by the plates scraping against each other- a subduction zone is basically a reverse fault.
Can tornado be accompanied by damaging hail?
Yes. Tornadoes a very often accompanied by large hail.
What is a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption called?
The large sea wave initiated by an earhquake, volcanic eruption or even a meteorite is called a Tsunami
What are foreshocks and aftershocks?
An aftershock is an earthquake that comes after another, larger earthquake often within a few days.
foreshock?
is a small earthquake that often precedes a major earthquake
A major earthquake often generate smaller earthquake called?
These smaller earthquakes are called aftershocks. Aftershocks can often be as strong as the earthquake its self and there can be many.
What conditions makes it difficult to predict the occurrence of the next earthquake?
Earthquakes is most often caused due to colliding of plates in the Earth's crust. As these plates are moving constantly it is not easy to know when they will collide. So it is difficult to predict earthquake.
What causes a tsunami answer with no hard words please?
Tsumamis are often caused by undersea earthquakes. The earthquake makes the ocean floor move, which causes the tsunami-wave.
What is the sudden shaking of the earth that often causes a lot of damage?
An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by shifts in the tectonic plates as they move against each other.
Fore shock?
Is a small earthquake that often precedes a major earthquake.
What are large gaps in the asteroid belt often called Kirkwood gaps are caused by?
Orbital resonances with Jupiter
What violent storms occur in cold fronts?
Severe thunderstorms often occur along cold fronts. These storms can produce damaging winds, large hail, flooding, and sometimes tornadoes.
Why do you have to live with tsunamis?
When there is an earthquake, it often "josltes" a fault line on the ocean floor. The force caused by the movement between the fault line and the ocean floor causes a significant amount of force to rise to the surface. This force causes the large waves in every direction. The wave effect is similar to when a rock is dropped in the water; rings circle around it. That is why the earthquake in Japan not only caused the huge tsunami in Japan but also waves on the coast of California and Hawaii.
