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An ordinary large wave has a short wavelength. When it reaches shore it will break wash in, and wash out in a matter of seconds.

A tsunami wave behaves in a much different way. Such waves can be hundreds of miles in wavelength. When they reach shore, they do not behave as breaking waves, but rather come in as a massive surge of water, that continues to come in for several minutes.

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Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun. The tides occur with a period of approximately 12 and a half hours and are influenced by the shape of the near-shore bottom

Tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean. Due to the immense volumes of water and energy involved, tsunamis can devastate coastal regions. Casualties can be high because the waves move faster than humans can run.

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Do all tsunamis have huge waves that do a lot of damage?

No. Tsunamis and tidal waves are actually quite different. True tidal waves are just that - tidal waves. Tsunamis are usually triggered by underwater earthquakes, volcanoes or nearby seismic activity.


Can hurricane winds cause a tsunami?

No, tsunamis are not related to weather at all. Tsunamis are usually caused by the deformation of the seabed, such as from an earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. Tsunamis are structurally different from wind-driven waves.


Are tsunamis just one wave?

Not usually. A tsunami can consist of thee or more waves.


How are tsunamis dangerous?

It was not founded, i dont think. It is just a Huge trench in the ocean FORMED naturally. tsunamis are so poopy yeah bro


How do the ocean says hi?

Usually, it just waves.


What factors that can cause development of Tsuanami?

Tectonic plates moving, earthquakes. Tsunamis tend to be a combination. Otherwise there just tidal waves.


What are the similarities between tornadoes and tsunamis?

Both tornadoes and tsunamis are violent natural disasters that can occur suddenly and with little warning and can cause catastrophic damage. Other than that they are very different phenomena.


Why doesn't Malibu CA get tsunamis?

Malibu can get tsunamis, as can just about any location along the Pacific Ocean. Other parts of California have suffered damage from tsunamis before. It has mostly been a matter of luck that Malibu hasn't taken major damage from one in recent years.


Are tsunamis just waves?

Not really. Although tsunamis are referred to as waves, they are not like the waves you would see at the beach which washes in an back out in a few second. A tsunami wave has a much longer wavelength than a normal water wave and so carries a much greater volume of water. When these waves hit they keep coming in for several minutes. Even a relatively small tsunami 8 feet high can travel nearly a mile inland.


Why is the California coast at risk from tsunamis?

An undersea earthquake, anywhere in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, is likely to effect any country whose coast borders the ocean - not just California alone.


How does a tsunami behave as it approaches land?

Tsunami's behave in different way's because some waves can be different to each other, and can also reach different heights.They can destroy all of a city or just the towns near the Ocean! These giant waves demolish everything and can be a danger to us because of it's power and strength that it has.


How do tsunamis accure?

Tsunamis occur when tech tonic plates under the oceans surface move and shift places causing a movement in the water and drawing all the water back, and then straight forward to the shore wiping out every thing in its path.an earthquake under the ocean accurs and makes the plates under the ocean and causes massive waves to surrounds the following countries around where the earthquake took place.^this was answered by a 13 year old.