The devastating impact of the tsunami in Aceh and Japan that occurred several years ago, reminds us of how terrible this giant deadly wave is. But the question is: how high can a tsunami wave get? Can a tsunami be formed as high as Mount Everest like in Hollywood movies?
How High Can a Tsunami Wave Get?
If you count from the time that humans have not been on this earth, many events might create a super-high tsunami. But the problem is, it is very difficult to know for sure, the height of the tsunamis that occurred at that time. So, if that’s the standard, we start counting from the time we were born, the biggest tsunami occurred not in Indonesia, Japan, Bekasi, Antarctica, Meikarta, or Hollywood, but in a place that people don’t expect: Alaska. The hemisphere is freezing up here. This highest tsunami reached about 520 meters or higher than the twin towers like Petronas Tower. Which this tsunami was very easy to overturn. But the question is, how did this tsunami get this high?
Well, if on average the tsunami was caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic eruption – the Lituya Bay great tsunami was caused by… Earthquakes too. But the earthquake made a giant chunk of cliff weighing 600,000 whales fell and hit the waters there very hard! The same thing also happened in the largest dam in Italy, where a giant boulder also fell and created a tsunami that hit a residential area as high as 260 m!
Is it possible to stop a tsunami?
So the question is, is it possible to stop a tsunami that is so powerful? The short answer is… No. Unless we can summon Avatar Aang down to earth. The reason is that if the tsunami is already big, it’s almost impossible for us to stop it. But with a good warning system, of course, many lives could be saved. Even though many methods have been applied. Such as making tsunami walls, sluice gates, or water canals. But, there is still nothing that can withstand this powerful force of nature.
From this article, we now know how deadly a tsunami can be. To be sure, don’t try to swim if there is a tsunami because it’s much different from playing in the water on the edge of the river. And as always, we thank you for visiting our blog.
