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A huge undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coastline could produce a?
tsunami
Is a tsunami an undersea earthquake?
yes
Which phenomenon can be generated by an undersea earthquake?
tsunamis.
Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce what?
Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce large, violent tsunamis. The most deadly tsunami in recorded history hit Indonesia on Christmas Day, 2004. At least 280,000 people were killed or missing.
What was the cause of the Indian ocean tsunmai?
An earthquake caused an undersea landslide. it also can form by an under water earthquake
What do earthquakes do to the sea?
In some instances and undersea earthquake can trigger a tsunami, a kind of massive wave.
Tsunamis can be triggered by which type of event?
An undersea earthquake can trigger a Tsunami by suddenly displacing a large volume of water.
Why some places are prone to tsunami?
A tsunami is caused by an undersea earthquake. So places near the shores of seas that are over undersea fault lines are in danger. Most famously around the Pacific Ocean
Why all tsunamis don't cause earthquakes?
Tsunamis do not not cause earthquakes at all. Tsunamis are usually the result of an undersea earthquake.
When a tsunami occurs when a large volume of water suddenly?
A tsunami can happen if a large volume of water is suddenly displaced by an undersea earthquake.
A tsunami occurs when large volume of water suddenly?
A tsunami can happen if a large volume of water is suddenly displaced by an undersea earthquake.
Why can't you use a Mercalli scale to measure undersea earthquake?
Earthquakescan be measured using the Mercalli Scale, which ranks earthquakes on their effects, such as how they were felt and the damage they caused. Undersea earthquakes can't be measured with this scale because they do not cause this type of damage
