Stuff I Learned From Podcasts: Issue 5
Stuff You Should Know – How Tsunamis Work
- They can travel at speeds up to 600 miles per hour…woah.
- Tsunami is a Japanese word for harbor wave.
- A tsunami is formed by the huge release of energy from an earthquake on the ocean floor. The wave spreads out like a ripple going in all directions.
- The tsunami stretches from the ocean floor to the surface, sometimes a mile or more in height.
- Tallest tsunami wave ever measured was in Alaska in 1958. It measured 520 meters or 1,710 feet above sea level. That’s taller than most of the tallest buildings in the world.