EARTH SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE
S
Explain how an earthquake
generates a tsunami
ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
How
Why do
is ittsunamis
important
form?
to know
how tsunamis are generated
QUEST
What is a
ION
TSUNAMI?
TSUNA
Earthquakes
However,
Defined occurring
Is a Japanese
asnot
huge word within
all tsunamis
destructive
which continents
arewaves
means
generated
that
areMI
may
HARBOR be strong
generated
from WAVES enough
undersea
when an to generate
orearthquakes
tsunami
earthquake
those a
wavesoccurs
that
come into the
underwater
bay from the ocean
QUEST
How doTSUNAMIS
ION form?
Tsunamis are form
Megathrust
Seismic
Water
Two massive ruptures
is waves
displaced
tectonicare
frombythe created
thrusting
plates to
earthquake
in and
the
releasewhen:
accumulated
push theof
vibration
ocean water
collideupstress
seafloor
Tsunamis
Start
As out
Most of as
the themere
waves
time,waves
approach and
reverse ortravel
the thrust
shore,
very
slowfast
theyfaults in all
generate
down anddirections
tsunami
increase
as in
it size
requires a vertical push to uplift the
water and start a wave
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Explain
Do reverse andcause
the major thrust
cause of
a
fault related
the to tsunamis?
tsunami.
tsunami?

NO,Collision
because of plates
not all is the major
earthquakes
Movement of these faults provides can
cause of
generate tsunami
energy as it
strong releases
enough
the vertical push needed to upliftthe
to
energy from
causeaccumulated
a tsunami
water stress
causing displacement of water