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[Phys-L] Re: earthquake



At 1:28 PM -0700 12/30/04, Jim Green wrote:

If a piece of the Earth sank, where did 600 mi x 100 mi x 30 ft go? What
did it displace?

Jim

water?? and the displaced water made a sort of wave disturbance?!?!?!?!

The ocean floor is not flat. Deep trenches are often found around the
Pacific Ring-of-Fire.

A quick Google Image search shows many sites.

http://images.google.com/images?q=ocean%20trenches

The Sumatran 'Continental Shelf' is quite close (horizontally) to the
Ocean Basin (floor).
There have GOT to be serious landslide potential in there.