2007-09-18 08:08:03 · 16 answers · asked by Moe 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that forms in the northern Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line.
A tsunami is a type of undersea wave that can propagate at high speed across oceans and if strong enough cause catastrophic damage as it crashes on shore sometimes thousands of miles away.
They normally are caused by earthquakes or under sea volcanoes.
2007-09-18 08:12:22 · answer #1 · answered by Water 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tsunami is a tidal wave often cause by an undersea earthquake. A typhoon is a weather condition in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean the same as a hurricane in Atlantic
2007-09-18 08:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by tfloto 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A tsunami is a tidal wave, usually caused by an earthquake. A typhoon is the same thing as a hurricane. but is happening in the Pacific Ocean.
2007-09-18 08:12:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tsunami occurs below the water surface whereas typhoon occurs above the water surface.
Tsunami is a disturbance inside the water in the form of waves whereas typhoon occurs in the atmospheric air in the form of whirling motion.
Tsunami is invisible till it reaches the shore(warning can be given approximately based on Ritcherts scale) and a silent killer whereas typhoon can be tracked with a satellite or radar and its movement can be forecast in advance.
Earth quake is the reason for tsunami whereas warm ocean surface is the reason for typhoon formation.
But both origiate from ocean only.
2007-09-19 03:50:17 · answer #4 · answered by Arasan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A typhoon is the same as a monsoon or a hurricane ... it's a 'wind storm' with lots of clouds and rain. A tsunami is a 'tidal wave' that can come after an earthquake ... and that can be in the same area as the 'quake, or on the other side of the water ... sea, ocean, or even lake.
2007-09-18 08:12:40 · answer #5 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hurricane and a hurricane are a similar, different than in call and site. Hurricanes happen interior the Caribbean area (jap US section) while typhoons happen on the Asian factor of the Pacific Ocean. they're in actuality extensive storms that type over the sea, leaving dying and destruction whilst they bypass over the land. Tsunamis are huge tidal waves that type whilst there's a seaquake or a sufficient tension that motives a super type of water to be displaced (alongside with a mass landslide or a volcanic eruption). they have little, if something, to do with wind.
2016-10-19 00:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tsunami is a tidal wave. A typhoon is what Asian countries call a Hurricane. A typhoon or hurricane, or an undersea earthquake, can all cause a Tsunami.
2007-09-18 08:12:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A tsunami is this huge gigantic wave that claims everything in its path whereas a typhoon is a tropical storm...like a hurricane in the mainland...only the typhoon is out in the pacific.
2007-09-18 08:12:14 · answer #8 · answered by Bills, Bills, Bills... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tsunami is a tidal wave.
Typhoon is a hurricane.
2007-09-18 08:15:50 · answer #9 · answered by gefyonx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tsunami is a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake like the one that killed 230,000 people in 2004 in Asia. A Typhoon is what they call hurricanes in Asia.
2007-09-18 08:14:10 · answer #10 · answered by acydskull 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋