Question

What is the source of energy that led to the occurrence of a tsunami?

Answer 1

The base cause was an earthquake, the sub cause was a HUGE section of the seafloor was lifted up and dropped back down.. This cause the wave to start, wave kinetics did the rest.. . The water didn't recede because of 'suction', it 'receded' because that was the trough of the wave which is the below the 'normal' level of the water surfce.

Answer 2

earthquake. maybe you can look it up on Encarta, under tsunami ofcourse.

Answer 3

Tetonic plates in the earth move in a v shape n there was a sudden vacuum which inturn caused all of the waves quite remarkable really isnt it and more questions e-mail me for more...

Answer 4

the tsunami was caused by an earthquake, which was caused by tectonic plate movement, which was caused by the flow of magma underneath the earths surface.. . you'd probably be right using any of those answers right there.. . and yes....wikipedia works wonders.

Answer 5

Search on Wikipedia

Answer 6

Kinetic

Answer 7

Earthquake in the epicenter near the Sumatra Island (Indonesia) had cracked the underwater surface. Thus situation had created a huge distortion and the pressure increased. That's why we saw the sea water decreased before tsunami hit the shore.. . If you think in a form of energy... I would think it's.... Potential ----> Kinetic

Answer 8

kinetic energy

Answer 9

well, to answer your question, it was an earthquke of the coast of the Phillipines(or somewhere around there!) but to be certain of the location, you can check news websites, such as cnn.com, or msnbc.com, etc. also like the first answerer said, wikipedia.