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Comment by golem14

7 days ago

Maybe the easiest way is explain it by volume of water coming at you. A 'normal' wave comes at you for maybe 2-5 seconds, then recedes. A tsunami wave might come at you for what, a few minutes? So moves more than 20x-50x the water than an equivalent 'normal' wave, which has no other way to go?

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