SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Earthquakes under the water can cause ____
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tornadoes
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tsunamis
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lightening
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hailstorms
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When a great earthquake ruptures, the faulting can cause vertical slip that is large enough to disturb the overlying ocean, thus generating a tsunami that will travel outwards in all directions.
Detailed explanation-2: -An earthquake can lead to a powerful tidal wave known as a tsunami.
Detailed explanation-3: -A continental plate is dragged down and bent by an oceanic plate. The continental plate cannot bend any more and snaps back, pushing the seawater up. The seawater spreads in all directions as a tsunami and reaches land, sometimes hours later.
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