why should form sunami only in japan?

Answer 1

Tsunamis are formed all over the world. Why, there was a big one in Thailand and Indonesia just recently.
Tsunami is just a word of Japanese origin that is used in English as well (and probably other languages too.)

Answer 2

Tsunamis are formed all over the world, not just in Japan. In 2004 there was an earthquake in Indonesia that triggered huge tsunamis in India, Maldives & many other countries.

But they are frequent in Japan because it has a major fault line (part of The Ring of Fire). Geological activity is more around faults. Hence Japan experiences frequent earthquakes & tsunamis.

The word tsunami is of Japanese origin. Its made up of 2 words:
'tsu' meaning harbour & 'nami' meaning waves.

Tsunami refers to huge tidal waves caused by underwater landslides, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. It consists of a series of waves. Subsequent waves might strike the coast hours after the first waves & might be more dangerous. So you must stay away from the coast until further notifications have been made by the authorities.

Not all tsunamis are destructive.They may be small waves or huge ones with a velocity greater than 50km/hr that can travel inland several kms & cause a lot of destruction.

If you're on a coast & see the water receeding, beware! That's nature's built in tsunami warning. (but this may not happen every time)

Answer 3

Tsunamis are not limited to Japan only. Even though Japan rests on a large fault line which causes undersea earthquakes or sea quakes. When these earthqakes occur the energy released have not other way to go but up. Nonetheless there are many places around the world where fault lines exist and when these lines rupture they cause sea quakes, the resulting effect is a Tsunami or Tidal Wave. Tsunami is a word of Japanese derivation which means, harbour (tsu) wave (nami). The worlds tallest Tusnami ever was that of Lituya Bay, Alaska, USA. It was 524 meters tall.

Answer 4

Tsunamis are not formed only in japan. the 2004 tsunami was caused by an earthquake near indonesia.
but japan has a major fault line, part of the "Ring of Fire". so, many earthquakes take place here that trigger off tsunamis
PS: get the spelling right

Answer 5

i guess you are trying to ask if tsunamis happen only in japan.. well no they dont a couple of years back, a terrible tsunami had hit the coasts of south asia.. south india, the andamans, indonesia, all of them were badly affected, scores of lives were lost, and the survivors are still recuperating, trying to live a life again. A tsunami refers to the phenomenon of giant waves hitting a coast line and thereby wreaking havoc. it is usually caused by an earthquake in the sea bed.. the word is of japanese origin though.. probably because it is in japan that this destructive natural phenomenon is most active and hence the japanese term has been accepted world wide

Answer 6

Japan has a major fault line and there is a lot of movement there. So, that is the cause of sunami's..

Answer 7

Tsumani is a Japanese word. However, the wave phenomenon of this name is not limited to Japan. In fact, tsunamis have been documented on ALL continents!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

Answer 8

well tsunami dont occur only in japan.there is higher chance where there is a possibility of a powerful earthquake that deforms the seafloor,catastrophic landslides,volcanic explosion causing greater impact on large water body,rarely due to meteorite hit.these are the primary reasons.sometimes they are also referred to as tidal waves.the reason is their impact is clearly visible on shore.but their magnitude is very high in the midst of the water body compared to its on shore impact,most of the times it is not noticeable.

when the seafloor moves abruptly the water mass is displaced vertically.this is tsunami.there is high possibility of tsunami where violent displacement of seafloor takes place.heavy volcanic activity may be a warning to the impending tsunami.there is no way we can do to avoid the tsunami. large nuclear explosion can also trigger tsunami.we can avoid that.warning systems are employed to detect tsunami.

Answer 9

The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour ("tsu", 津) and wave ("nami", 波).

In America we call them tidal waves.

Answer 10

Because it is in the middle of many seas and oceans.