How does a tsunami occur and move?

Updated on international 2024-06-08
22 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    It is mainly caused by ** above grade 6.

    Tsunamis occur mainly because they are on the bottom of the sea, and the wave fluctuations caused by them are different from those on the surface of the sea.

    The waves on the sea surface only fluctuate in the water layer at a certain depth, and the wave fluctuations caused by ** are the ups and downs of the entire water layer from the seabed to the sea surface, layer by layer, and finally form a tsunami.

    It works the same way we throw a rock in a lake.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Tsunamis are destructive waves produced by seabed **, volcanic eruptions, submarine landslides or meteorological changes, tsunamis have a slope speed of up to 7,700 to 800 kilometers per hour, can travel across the ocean in a few hours, can travel hundreds of miles, can travel thousands of kilometers with little energy loss! Mainly controlled by the topography of the seabed, the coastline, the geometry and the characteristics of the waves, the roaring waves are repeated every tens of minutes, destroying the embankment, flooding the land and taking more life and property, and the destructive power is extremely great.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Tsunamis are generally caused by the movement of underground plates that cause large-scale movement of seawater in a short period of time. Generally, after a tsunami occurs, it will impact the adjacent coast, causing the city near the coast to be completely submerged, which is very terrifying. There is no way to warn of a tsunami, so we must pay special attention.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Tsunamis can be divided into three categories according to their causes: tsunamis, volcanic tsunamis, and landslide tsunamis. A tsunami is a strong disturbance of seawater caused by a sharp rise and fall in the topography of the seabed. There are two forms of mechanism: "descending" tsunamis and "uplifting" tsunamis.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Usually it is because of some movements of the earth that cause tsunamis, for example, the earth's plates rub and squeeze each other, which will produce a particularly huge capacity, if it is on the ocean, it will become a tsunami, and if it is on the ground, it will become **.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Tsunamis are huge waves caused by violent crustal shifts on the ocean floor, volcanic eruptions, underwater subsidence, and landslides. Generally, it occurs under the conditions of vertical faults in the first tectonic movement, the depth of the epicenter is less than 20 to 50,000 meters, and the magnitude of the Richter scale is greater than the magnitude. Meteorite impacts can also cause tsunamis.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    In fact, the main aspect of the tsunami is that we still think that the impact of squid, after all, the old painting may cause a tsunami, as well as volcanoes, some uncommon natural disasters, after all, it is difficult to control and can be said to be uncontrollable.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Tsunamis usually occur because of seafloor events**, continental shelf movements crushing each other, meteorite impacts, or submarine volcanic eruptions. In the laboratory, prepare a container for water and fill it with water, and fill it with water continuously through a certain channel.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Tsunamis are usually caused by the seabed**. The raging waves set off by the tsunami are extremely destructive hydrometeorological disasters, and it is difficult for people to escape from its clutches if they do not avoid them in time.

    Tsunamis can be divided into two types: natural and man-made. Natural tsunamis can be further divided into storm surges caused by meteorological changes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and tsunamis caused by underwater subsidence (also known as submarine landslides). Tsunamis mostly come from the seabed, destructive, and have an epicenter depth of more than 20 kilometers and a magnitude of more than Richter.

    In modern times, underwater nuclear tests often cause a man-made tsunami. For example, shortly after the end of World War II, the United States began more than 20 years of nuclear tests on Bikini Island in the North Pacific, one of which caused a tsunami caused by an underwater hydrogen bomb test, the huge waves in the center were as high as more than 60 meters, and then the 15-meter-high waves swept across the sea, and many ships sailing nearby were overturned by the huge waves; The tsunami wave spread hundreds of kilometers away, and the wave height was still more than 5 meters, causing many small boats along the coast to capsize.

    A tsunami is a long gravitational wave with a frequency between tidal waves and swells. The waves of tsunami waves are tens of kilometers to hundreds of kilometers long, and the period range is relatively large, 2-200 minutes, so when a tsunami occurs, often when the first wave comes, the sea level rises, after a period of time, the tide falls, and after a period of time, the second wave surges. Tsunamis typically occur within 40 minutes.

    According to scientists' estimates, the period of large waves of a tsunami that occurs when the ocean is 4,000 meters deep is 40 minutes. The tsunami wave propagates at a speed of 713 km-h and a wavelength of 475 km. The water level at the source of the tsunami initially rose by 1-2 meters.

    Therefore, when a tsunami propagates in the deep ocean, it is often difficult to detect it for a while because the ratio of wave height to wavelength is small and the period is long. It is only when approaching the shore that destructive waves form. Therefore, in the event of a tsunami, experienced captains will quickly move their boats away from the coast, and the farther away from the shore is better.

    The Pacific region has the highest number of tsunamis in the world, accounting for 80 per cent. The waters of the Northwest Pacific Ocean are the most concentrated areas of tsunami. Globally, tsunamis occur mainly along the Pacific coast of Japan, in the western, southwestern and southern Pacific Ocean, and along the coasts of the Hawaiian and Aleutian Islands.

    On March 11 this year, a magnitude spark** off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami about 10 meters high and triggered a nuclear power plant**, causing major geological disasters. Although China is a multi-** country, tsunamis are rare. In the past two years, there have been very few ** tsunamis recorded accurately along the coast of China.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    How a tsunami is generated: There are many situations that trigger a tsunami, such as:

    1.**Tsunami is caused by the dramatic topographic changes that occur on the seabed, resulting in the violent disturbance of the sea water due to the rush of sea waves.

    2.Volcanic tsunamis are similar in nature to tsunamis, because volcanic eruptions on the seabed cause extremely destructive long waves and extremely harmful waves, which can cause very large-scale damage.

    3.Landslide tsunami is also a cause of large waves when a large area of landslides occurs in the topography of the seabed and rocks on the bottom of the sea, or when a tsunami erupts due to the collapse of icebergs on the seabed.

    So, how can you prevent a tsunami?

    Humans cannot prevent them from happening, they can only prevent or reduce the damage they cause by observing, **. **It is the "vanguard" of the tsunami, if you feel a strong vibration, do not go near the sea, the mouth of the river. If you hear reports of nearby tsunamis, be prepared for a tsunami, which can sometimes reach thousands of kilometers away from the epicenter a few hours after it occurs.

    In addition, if the tide rises and falls repeatedly, the sea level drops significantly, or if there are huge waves, it is necessary to immediately move to the shore as fast as possible.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Tsunamis are catastrophic waves, and there are about 260 destructive tsunamis recorded around the world, and they occur about once in about six or seven years on average, so do you know what causes tsunamis to form?

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    What is a tsunami, and how is a tsunami formed?

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Tsunamis can be caused by geodetic activities such as underwater**, volcanic eruptions, or underwater subsidence and landslides. When ** occurs on the seabed, the power of the seismic wave causes the sea water to rise and fall violently, forming a powerful wave, advancing forward, and submerging the coastal zone one by one, which is called a tsunami.

    Tsunamis are usually caused by the seafloor with an epicenter within 50 km below the seafloor and above the Richter scale. The wavelength of the tsunami is greater than the maximum depth of the ocean, and the propagation near the ocean floor is not much hindered, and the wave can propagate regardless of the depth of the ocean.

    The speed at which a tsunami travels is directly proportional to the depth of the water in which it travels. In the Pacific Ocean, tsunamis, which generally travel at speeds ranging from two to three hundred kilometers per hour to more than 1,000 kilometers per hour. Tsunamis do not cause damage in the deep oceans, and it is difficult for ships under sail to detect such fluctuations.

    When a tsunami occurs, the safer it is to the outer sea.

    Once a tsunami enters the continental shelf, waves can be devastating due to a sharp increase in wave height of 20 to 30 metres due to a sharp decrease in depth.

    Before the tsunami hit, the trough of the tsunami shock wave first reached the coast, and the tide first suddenly receded far away from the beach, and the sea surface fell, and the sea water regained after a period of time.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Tsunamis are catastrophic waves, and there are about 260 destructive tsunamis recorded around the world, and they occur about once in about six or seven years on average, so do you know what causes tsunamis to form?

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    In the depths of the ocean, it is common to see ** of different sizes. When ** occurs, the seabed stratum will be fractured, and some strata will rise or sink suddenly, which will cause the entire water layer from the seabed to the sea surface to "shake" violently. However, this "jitter" is very different from the waves you usually see.

    Ordinary waves generally only rise and fall near the surface of the sea, and the depth involved is not large, and the amplitude of the waves quickly returns to calm with the attenuation of the water depth. However, the "shaking" of the sea water caused by ** is the fluctuation of the entire water body from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the sea, and the energy contained in it is very amazing. In addition, not every tsunami will be caused, and a tsunami can only occur if there is a vertical fault and a magnitude greater than the Richter scale.

    When the tsunami comes, the waves can reach heights ranging from more than 10 meters to tens of meters, forming a "wall of water". In addition, tsunamis have a large wavelength and can travel thousands of kilometers with little energy loss. If a tsunami reaches the shore, the "wall of water" washes onto land, posing a serious threat to human life and property.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    What is a tsunami, and how is a tsunami formed?

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    How is a tsunami formed? Why is it so powerful, the process is so shocking!

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    A tsunami is a catastrophic wave that is usually caused by a seabed** with an epicenter within 50 kilometers of the ocean floor and above the Richter scale. Tsunamis can also be caused by landslides or volcanic eruptions underwater or along the coast. After a shock, the ** wave travels a long distance in an ever-expanding circle on the surface of the sea, just like the wave produced by a pebble falling into a shallow pool.

    The tsunami wavelength is greater than the maximum depth of the ocean, and the orbital motion is not much hindered near the ocean floor, and the wave can propagate regardless of the depth of the ocean.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Tsunamis are catastrophic waves, and there are about 260 destructive tsunamis recorded around the world, and they occur about once in about six or seven years on average, so do you know what causes tsunamis to form?

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    What is a tsunami, and how is a tsunami formed?

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    How is a tsunami formed? Why is it so powerful, the process is so shocking!

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    Fracture of the earth's crust on the seabed: The earth's crust sinks or rises, and the shaking is violent. Waves with very long wavelengths are generated, resulting in water levels**, rushing towards land.

    Submarine Volcanic Eruptions: Volcanic eruptions, deep pits that crack in the ocean floor, boiling seawaters, and the death of untold fish and marine life. Meteorites fall into the ocean:

    When the energy of the waves stirred up by meteorites is strong enough, it can also cause a tsunami.

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