Tsunamis are characterized as shallow water waves. Most distance travelling tsunamis break out in the ocean rather than at a shoreline. Damage from most tsunamis is from water swelling up, inundating and washing over the coast line.
The size and energy of these tsunamis dissipates rapidly with increasing distance from the source, thus resulting in more local devastation..."
Tsunami.org
Reminds me of the caption to an absurdly complicated weather map in Tom Weller's Science Made Stupid, "Looks like rain mebbe ... or mebbe not."
Thanks for posting tsunami info.
I stand corrected from the other day I had posted quite a bit of small seismic activity in N.Cali and you wrote back yes and Central Cali. Heh that is what I meant to say Central Cali. Thanks for your tactful correction.
Gulf of Cali has been active this last month or so to more than usual lately but after all this time I didn't expect a 6.o to hit.
Ya just never know.
That was fun seeing the Ohio freepers perk up.....all the joking and ribbing we get when we feel one little one from the non earthquake areas and then.....
I got a kick out of that.