On March 11 Japan’s landmass actually shifted by several meters during the enormous earthquake.
Tsunami. Why did the earthquake cause a tsunami?the earthquake cause tsunami Shallow focus earthquake Large volume of oceanic crust displaced The movement.
Earthquakes happen every day, every hour somewhere in the world. 95% of seismicity in Hawaii is due to volcanism.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS JAPAN PART 1B: TSUNAMIS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA.
