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Old 12-27-2004, 04:34 PM
ThaSaltCracka ThaSaltCracka is offline
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Default Re: How fast to Tsunami\'s Travel?

I believe it is either 300 mph or its 600 mph.

edit: I have no idea.
this may help
http://nees.orst.edu/IT/info/Questions1.htm

additional edit:
As the tsunami crosses the deep ocean, its length from crest to crest may be a hundred miles or more, and its height from crest to trough will only be a few feet or less. They can not be felt aboard ships nor can they be seen from the air in the open ocean. In the deepest oceans, the waves will reach speeds exceeding 600 miles per hour (970 km/hr). When the tsunami enters the shoaling water of coastlines in its path, the velocity of its waves diminishes and the wave height increases. It is in these shallow waters that a large tsunami can crest to heights exceeding 100 feet (30 m) and strike with devastating force.

http://www.wcatwc.gov/physics.htm
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