Moving on to Tsunamis.
"A tsunami is a series of large waves generated by an abrupt movement on the ocean floor that can result from an earthquake, an underwater landslide, a volcanic eruption or - very rarely - a large meteorite strike.
However, powerful undersea earthquakes are responsible for most tsunamis. Seismologists say only earthquakes measuring greater than
7.0 on the Richter scale can produce a major tsunami.
Most earthquakes that generate tsunamis - including Friday's jolt off Japan's eastern coast - occur in areas called subduction zones, where pieces of the Earth's crust press against each other. Subduction means that one tectonic plate slides beneath another and sinks deep into the Earth's mantle.
The friction between two slow-moving plates of the Earth's crust creates vast amounts of seismic energy which is released in the form of an earthquake. When a strong undersea earthquake strikes a relatively short distance below the sea floor, it abruptly pushes up one of the immense plates of the Earth's crust. That suddenly displaces an enormous amount of ocean water which becomes a tsunami, spreading outward in every direction from the epicenter of an earthquake - like ripples on a pond, only on a much larger scale.
Tsunamis generated in the open ocean appear to be only small waves, but they can grow rapidly in size as they reach shallow water before crashing into seacoast settlements. Waves up to nine meters high have been recorded on numerous occasions, and tsunamis up to 30 meters high are believed to have occurred in the past. "
Pardon me for being skeptical and none of this is a "conspiracy theory" by any means. I just think we are missing a few pieces of the puzzle here given the enormous amount of water deep under the Earth's crust.
I have been in a
7.2 Earthquake myself. Let me just say that while the house shook and a few windows broke, the ground was not heaving and buckling as the above excerpt would have you believe.
Given the depth, size and sheer volume of water in an ocean, an earthquake of 7.0 creating a Tsunami? In my mind and I could be wrong, it would be akin to tapping a bathtub with your pinky finger and expecting the water to come rushing out of the bathtub....
Expanding on my wild theory, I believe that when an earthquake hits, there is tremendous amount of water being pumped to the surface from the beneath the crust adding to the volume of the ocean and explaining the rumored 30 ft waves....
