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What is the name given to the huge waves that follow an earthquake?
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Tsumanis or Tidal waves
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What are huge waves call caused by earthquakes?
Huge earthquake-caused waves are called tsunami in Japanese.
Do tornadoes produce huge waves or storm surges?
No. Large waves and storm surges are a product of hurricanes.
A huge undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coastline could produce a?
tsunami
Most surface waves are caused by?
Most surface waves are caused by wind. Tsunamis are formed by heat and circular wind motions. Tidal waves are caused by hurricanes with huge wind currents.
What is it called when an underwater earthquakes can cause huge ocean waves?
It's called a tsunami
What are huge waves call caused by earthquakes?
Huge earthquake-caused waves are called tsunami in Japanese.
Are waves created by tectonic plates?
Yes, and, no. Yes, waves are created by tectonic plates during an earthquake (When two or more tectonic plates rub together and make huge vibrations) and even cause tsunami waves. Waves are not formed when the plates are still, though.
Did quake and tsunami happen simultaneously?
No, an example of this is japan when the earthquake occurred in the middle of the ocean this sent tremors through the earth which caused waves to be sent out from the point of the quake, a tsunami is when the huge waves hit land, when these waves hit japan it was a tsunami
How does the temperature change if you have an earthquake or tsunami?
The temperature changes because high winds take place and tsunamis are huge waves that come from the ocean which would be cold.
What is the name given to the huge waves that break onto shore several hundred kilometers ahead of a hurricane?
a storm surge
Will there be a huge earthquake when the world ends?
no don't follow of what the movie 2012 says follow the bible the bible says that after the Christians get taken up to heaven those who are left here will be punished by fire and burn forever
What is the brief history of Malaysia?
A strong undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean causes huge tidal waves that kill more than 290,000 people in south Asia, including dozens in Malaysia in 2004.
What are the natural processes of a tsunami?
say an earthquake happens somewhere in the ocean (common in the ring of fire) the sea bed moves causing the water to move away from the epidcentre. Tsunamis are huge and very strong waves that crash in to land. The waves destroy everything in it's path
What are the huge rips in the ground called after an earthquake?
Faults
What is a sentence for seismograph?
Sentence: A Seismograph is a machine used to measure the severity of earthquakes.
What are the effects of tsunami?
Death, Injuries, people becoming homeless, pollution, children could loss their families.
What words are used to describe an earthquake of magnitude 5 to 7?
That would be a "kind of strong" earthquake but 8+ is huge.
