Japan Quake

[Peter Korsten]

Op 11-3-2011 16:27, Ron West schreef:

>> Does anyone know how tall the wave will be by the time it hits the west
>> coast of the Americas? I'm sure it's calculable.
>
> Hawaii got 6' - 8' waves so I'm sure (I'm hoping) the coast won't get much.

Hawaii is an archipelago, and much of the waves will go around the 
islands. There's no way for the waves to go around a continent; also, 
around that time, the waves will be converging again because the earth 
is a sphere.

- Peter