Why is there a tsunami warning system in the Pacific Ocean but not in the Atlantic or Indian Oceans?
Select one:
a.
This question states false information. There is in fact a tsunami warning system in all three of the oceans.
b.
The Pacific has a tsunami warning system that can detect earthquake-induced tsunamis in all three oceans, so there is no need for a separate system in all three oceans.
c.
The Pacific Ocean is surrounded by the "Ring of Fire", numerous volcanoes and earthquakes along the edges of the ocean basin due to convergent and transform plate boundaries existing there, making the risk of large earthquake-triggered tsunamis there high. The Indian Ocean has fewer convergent boundaries and the Atlantic has none.
d.
There was first a tsunami warning system placed in the Atlantic Ocean, where the risk of earthquake-induced tsunamis is highest, but we failed to continue to allocate funding for the maintenance and the system is now non-functional.