If the Coast Guard warns of a giant wave of water approaching the shore as a result of a major earthquake, they are warning of...... a tsunami
young mountains along an ocean coast.
young mountains along an ocean coast.
An earthquake zone is likely to be on a fault-line. A fault-line is defined as the area underground where two tectonic plates meet or overlap.
a chain of volcanoes parallel to a continental coast.
An earthquake zone is likely to be along fault lines or where two or more tectonic plates meet or a chain of volcanoes parallel to a continental coast.
If the Coast Guard warns of a giant wave of water approaching the shore as a result of a major earthquake, they are warning of...... a tsunami
See the related link to view a map of the warning levels for the West Coast in the wake of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Yes, An earthquake in Japan can result in a tsunami that impacts Hawaii, Guam, Alaska or the US west coast
A tsunami earthquakeis an earthquake that triggers a tsunami of a magnitude that is very much larger than the magnitude of the earthquake as measured by shorter-period seismic waves. The term was introduced by Hiroo Kanamori in 1972.Such events are a result of relatively slow rupture velocities. They are particularly dangerous as a large tsunami may arrive at a neighbouring coast with little or no warning.
The largest earthquake of the 20th Century happened along the coast of South America. It is known as the Great Chilean Earthquake.
Japan is a country. The earthquake devastated the northeast coast.
The epicenter of the earthquake was just off the coast of Sendai, Japan.
The Northeastern Coast.
60km of the coast of japan
because there is less earthquake activity on the east coast. because there is less earthquake activity on the east coast.
It was caused by an earthquake off the coast.
California on the west coast