I'd seen it mentioned earlier on the tv, that the wave traveled at a speed of 500 m.p.h.. Unbelievable and so sad for the people that were hit with this.
The CNN ticker says that the Tsunamis can travel as fast as 600 mph in the deepest water but that they slow down to around 30 to 40 mph as they approach the shoreline.
They are reporting that the quake ripped a 1000 kilometer hole (about 621 miles) in earth's crust.
CNN (not the headline channel HNN) is covering it live tonight.
Also there were some 2000 fishermen out overall when this happened. Many of the bodies washing up on shore in some areas are the fishermen.
I wonder if there was any cruise ships in the area when this happened?
I can't even imagine that!
Ping!