A tsunami can move hundreds of miles per hour in the open. In the open ocean, tsunamis may have wavelengths of up to several hundred miles and travel at speeds up to 500 mi per hr 800 km per hr, yet have wave heights of less than 3 ft 1 m, which pass unnoticed beneath a ship at sea. Infoblatt tsunamis ernst klett verlag terrasse schulbucher. The international journal of the tsunami society volume 6 number 1 on audible tsunami on the coast s. Lediglich neun tsunamis hatten uberregionale zerstorungen zur folge.
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