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2) It depends on how close to the coastline something is located, what materials it's constructed of, if it's has any tsunami-damage modifications made to it, and the list goes on and on. A skyscraper right along the coast will be completely demolished, while the same building 5 miles away will suffer far less damage. Marked by a series of waves only a few feet high and a hundred miles or more apart, traveling around 600 mph and starting in deep ocean waters, as a tsunami approaches shallower water it begins to slow down in speed; in turn, allowing the waves to decrease the distance between them while significantly increasing in height. Once a tsunami finally strikes the coastline, the crest of its waves may reach heights of 100 ft, travel inland at 30 mph, and at intervals anywhere from 5 to 40 minutes between each wave. Unfortunately, and more often than not, the first wave is not the largest. Therefore, perhaps a more appropriate and perplexing question would be: what can survive a tsunami?

Second Answer by: Amandaconda

1) It will destroy many stuff like buildings.

First Answer by: Christopher Ta

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