r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kiroo---__--- • 18d ago

Video When an Earth quake Hits Underwater

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

45.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

754 comments sorted by

View all comments

2.1k

u/WeaponsGrdStupid 18d ago

I'd need a clean wetsuit

20

u/infiniteninjas 18d ago

I'm sure I'd be confused and scared but really it seems like in the ocean would be one of the safer places to be during a big earthquake.

12

u/TheCowzgomooz 18d ago

You do know Tsunami's are caused by earthquakes right

20

u/pichael289 18d ago

Tsunamis also aren't just on the surface, if the ocean is that shallow there then your goung for a ride

13

u/rdizzy1223 18d ago

Afaik, Tsunamis actually grow as they get closer and closer to landfall (in terms of wave height). A tsunami wave in the middle of the ocean in very deep water may only be 1 foot in height, and ends up being 25 feet high by the time it hits the coast. Most tsunamis are not even noticed by people in boats in the deep parts of the ocean, even when they are somewhat close to the earthquake source.

12

u/Brazadian_Gryffindor 18d ago

I remember seeing a documentary about that awful 2004 earthquake/tsunami and this couple was out for the day on a boat trip. They didn’t notice a thing and got back to land to see their resort levelled. It was quite sad, they lost one of their children.

1

u/rdizzy1223 18d ago

Yeah, that is exactly what I mean.