On Oct 17, 4:36*am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
"The measured tsunami flow velocities were within the range of 2 to 5 m/s.. "
From: *http://www.agu.org/journals/ABS/2006/2006GL026784.shtml

Good Grief! The deeper the ocean, the faster the Tsunami wave travels.
The Tsunami wave slows to a crawl when it reaches land and indeed is
forced by the slope of the land to travel horizontally. Unfortunately
for your argument, I was talking about the speed of a Tsunami wave in
the open ocean which can be as fast as a 757 jet airplane. From:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/tsunami/

"The Speed of a Tsunami: A tsunami can travel at well over 970 kph
(600 mph) in the open ocean - as fast as a jet flies. It can take only
a few hours for a tsunami to travel across an entire ocean. A regular
wave (generated by the wind) travels at up to about 90 km/hr."

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930274.html

"For example, at the deepest ocean depths the tsunami wave speed will
be as much as 800 km/h, about the same as that of a jet aircraft.
Since the average depth of the Pacific ocean is 4000 m (14,000 feet) ,
tsunami wave speed will average about 200 m/s or over 700 km/h (500
mph)."

Exactly how much horizontal movement can there be in the water
molecules when the Tsunami wave is moving at 800 km/h (200 m/sec)?
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com