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What is the result of an earthquake occurring on the ocean floor?
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What is a large wave created by an earthquake on the ocean floor?
A tsunami is an ocean wave caused by an earthquake.It is not a tidal wave.
Can an earthquake on the ocean floor produce a tornado?
No, an earthquake on the ocean floor can cause a tsunami (a series of large waves). Earthquakes do not influence weather events such as tornadoes.
What happens to an earthquake when it travels from its source to the ocean floor?
the ocean floor starts to break up just like the land does .
What caused the tsunami to happen?
An earthquake beneath the Ocean floor.
What is a large wave caused by earthquake on the ocean floor?
tsuami
An earthquake that causes a landslide under the ocean floor can trigger a?
tsunami
What is tsuname?
A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor
What can an earthquake that causes a landslide under the ocean floor trigger?
It can trigger a tsunami.
Is a hot spot under the ocean floor is most likely to cause an earthquake?
no a volcano
Tsunami?
When an earthquake occurs where a slab of the ocean floor is displaced vertically along a fault.
What is tsunami creating called?
Tsunamies are generally considered to be caused by earthquakes occurring on the floor of an ocean.
Why is the earth's surface not expanding?
This is because when one divergent boundary is occurring (more sea floor being made), convergent boundaries are occurring (the sea floor is being consumed) on the other sides of the plates, such as what is occurring at the Mariannas Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
