If a tsunami in deep water has a period of 10 minutes, what would the wave height have to be to provide the same power in $1 \mathrm {~km}$ of wave front as the output of a $1000 \mathrm { MW } _ { \mathrm { e } }$ coal-fired generating station? This result emphasizes the fact that a tsunami in deep water is actually difficult to detect in comparison to normal ocean waves with wavelengths of hundreds of meters and wave heights of several meters.

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The Answer of If a tsunami in deep water has a period of 10 minutes, what would the wave height have to be to provide the same power in $1 \mathrm {~km}$ of wave front as the output of a $1000 \mathrm { MW } _ { \mathrm { e } }$ coal-fired generating station? This result emphasizes the fact that a tsunami in deep water is actually difficult to detect in comparison to normal ocean waves with wavelengths of hundreds of meters and wave heights of several meters.

If a Tsunami in Deep Water Has a Period of 10