Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan

[Jeroen van Aart <jeroen () mompl net>]

Michael Thomas wrote:
> Gavin Pearce wrote:
> > > *yawn*.  A foot and a half isn't going to be all *that* bad
> >
> > Sorry to continue off topic:
> >
> > Try to imagine ... a temporary very high tide, rather than a cresting
> > wave. In addition to the "height", it's the wave-length you have to take
> > into account. Tsunami's rarely become towering breaking waves.
>
> Quite right. The other part is that the water becomes a very fast moving
> river, especially in places where it's not normally one. Watching the

I don't underestimate the power of even a small tsunami. I have friends 
rendered homeless by the Santa Cruz tsunami (their boat being their only 
home).

Though I can understand one is underwhelmed by a mag 6.x earthquake in 
that region considering I believe more than 20 6+ ones happened there 
since the first mag 7.2 earthquake that happened 2-3 days before the mag 
9 one.

Most recent ones:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/145_40_eqs.php

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