Erik, I think the depth of the bay would most certainly matter. Tsunamis form exactly because of shallower coastline water. Remember, the word itself means "harbor wave." Depth of the water is one of the main factors that determine the height of a tsunami. Shallower water allows the wave to both slow down and "pile up" into a much larger wave than that which may have been propagated thousands of miles away. At great depths, i.e. mid-ocean, the waves are sometimes not even noticeable. The same waves can become monsters in shallow water. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:20 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tsunami coming to Hawaii
The worse news is that 4 Nuclear Reactors where damaged to the point of possible melt downs.
The news also reported there is fault line due to slip of the west coast of the US that could be bigger than this mag 9 earthquake. Seems most of damage on west coast was because it was not taken seriously, I imagine Hawaii does take it seriously. Joe, I am not sure the depth of the bay matters other than the bigger the wave the more water is sucked from the coast before the Tsunami hits. If the sea suddenly recedes run for high ground.
Siegfried and Bill Cowles.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 6:38:49 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tsunami coming to Hawaii
On 12 Mar 2011, at 11:46, Joe Bauman wrote:
I went to Emon Beach (on the island of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) to see the tsunami that followed the Alaskan earthquake of 1964.
Y'all need to ask Siegfried about his experience with the 1964 earthquake. Â He was right in the thick of it.
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