The most common underwater causes of tsunami are earthquakes and volcanoes. The event causes a large column of water to be displaced and moved out from the source. See the related question about the causes of tsunami for more detail about this question and about other causes of tsunami that may not start underwater.
No, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 did not cause a tsunami.
An earthquake caused the tsunami!
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A earthquake on a sea floor
No, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 did not cause a tsunami.
An earthquake caused the tsunami!
No, the earthquake in the ocean cause the water to make the tsunami
The tsunami in Japan occurred because when the tectonic plates under ground move they cause an earthquake. Sometimes an earthquake can cause a tsunami from shaking underwater.
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The cause of the earthquake was that the boundaries were sliding past each other and caused an earthquake in which resulted in a tsunami.
A volcanic eruption can cause an earthquake and an earthquake underwater can cause a tsunami.
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Underwater earthquake