Where do tsunamis occur?

Question

for my project...

Answer 1

Anywhere there are large bodies of water and seizmic activity (earthquakes.)

Most often in the Pacific ocean because it is surrounded by geologicaly active areas.

Answer 2

"Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific ocean as it is located on a plate mostly made of water. The Pacific ocean is also surrounded by the Ring of Fire, a highly active volcano and earthquake zone. The Ring of Fire circles the ocean from Alaska down to the west coasts of North and South America and up along the east coast of Asia, taking in parts of China, Japan and Russia. Tsunamis can only occur in coastal regions; islands are the main targets."

Answer 3

Almost 80 percent of all tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 4

This is a SEISMIC SEA WAVE, or TIDAL WAVE, catastrophic ocean wave usually caused by a submarine earthquake occurring less than 30 miles beneath the seafloor, with a magnitude greater than 6.5 on the Richter scale. Underwater or coastal landslide or volcanic eruptions also may cause a tsunami.
SO, for your answer, TSUNAMI'S CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE there is an underwater earthquake less then 30 miles beneath the seafloor with a magnitude of 6.5 or above.

Answer 5

The literally correct answer is "in the ocean". But you probably want to know "in what part of the ocean are they generated" (since they spread out from the point of origin in all directions). Nearly all tsunamis are caused by undersea earthquakes, but a few are caused by land masses collapsing into the sea. So most tsunamis originate at tectonic plate boundaries that are in collision.

Answer 6

Pictures and video from the 2004 Sumatra tsunami highlighted the vast difference between tsunamis and wind generated waves. Because tsunamis have very long wavelengths they come ashore more like a long lasting flood wave rather than the breaking surf usually seen at the beach. This diagram illustrates the difference between tsunamis and wind waves when they come ashore.

click the link for detailed information

Answer 7

whilst an earthquake or an underwater land slide take place (the sea floor has many greater mountains then there are on land) this displaces the water and an skill wave spreads out in a around pattered no longer plenty diverse then a ripple on the outdoors of a pond, different than this is under water. because of the fact the skill reaches the shore there is far less water to feed the skill so as a effect the wave gets greater and bigger until it slams into land and disperse. specific advantageous factors interior the soil nearing the fee will result the way the wave types. it fairly is apperant once you look at japan's 33ft wave right this moment however the comparable quake reason purely a three-6ft wave in Hawaii.

Answer 8

Anywhere there is ocean.

All it takes is the right kind of an earthquake.

There was just one today in the indian ocean. The news will probably have a bunch of info on tsunamis.

Answer 9

any location where an earthquake took place in the ocean. i suppose it could also be in a sea or a VERY large lake (great lakes, etc.) but since there aren't fault lines in the great lakes, i doubt a major tsunami would be likely to occur.

Answer 10

In the ocean along a fault line