stackyFACTSIn deep water, a tsunami is just an incredibly long, rapidly advancing wave that barely raises the surface by a few feet.
In deep water, a tsunami is just an incredibly long, rapidly advancing wave that barely raises the surface by a few feet. It transports unimaginable amounts of kinetic energy across the globe completely undetected by anyone floating above it. It is only when this massive underwater energy train finally hits the shallow water of a coastline that it violently slows down and physically piles up into a terrifying wall of destruction.
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