Raw Video: Monster Tsunami Spreading Across The Pacific March 11, 2011

Tsunami triggered by massive 8.9 Richter scale earthquake moving across the Pacific ocean. The earthquake is the largest in Japan's recorded history and one of the most powerful earthquakes in history.

Credits: NOAA

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[ARandomCanadian]

Earthquakes? Tsunamis? Whirlpools? Nuclear Metldowns? This can only mean one thing....Godzilla is back!

[horantogsvensken]

@jamlimited3 tsunamis can travel up to 500 mph across the ocean mate.

[seasidestrangler831]

Hey I was in Hawaii highest was 8 ft cali ddnt get hit by an 8 footer dumbass it was a 3 footer and it dido damage and 1 guy died for not respecting the tsunami tryna recoritd

[Angel13Bear13]

@ARandomCanadian The only question i could give to you is.. Are you matured?

[wenzjayy]

Hawaii and new zealand are covered, tsk3

[RezViper]

@jamlimited3 i can tell you don't follow the news. the wave did millions in damage to the california coastline and was still over 8ft. high after traveling across the ocean. if that doesn't shout out a big ass YES to your question i don't know what else will.

[dyaakov]

@jamlimited3 why do u think that 2 guys died in the us?

[clevelandbra]

@jamlimited3 Sure it absolutely can be true. Think about it for a second..it was a crack in the earth that was 198 miles long and 93 miles wide during a plate thrust earthquake. Meaning that one piece of the plate crust at the fault line was violently thrust outward creating the tsunami that hit Japan. It was a tremendous discharge of energy..it sped up the earth's rotation and moved Japan a couple feet toward our west coast! That kind of energy can most certainly produce a powerful tsunami

[eddieskatesk]

@jamlimited3 i totally see what you're saying man, i've thought that for awhile about other tsunami's in the past because they are always saying that it started very far away and dont ever explain how it maintains volume and power while traveling, i still dont understand.

[jamlimited3]

Can that really be though? I mean can a tsunami travel all the way from Japan to the US or Australia? I mean it seems like it can via graphics but when you think about how far it is and how fast it would have to be traveling in order to stay a "tsunami" and not dissipate in its journey between the many many many miles of distance and ocean and weather patterns between continents....such a thought makes it hard to believe in such a domino effect.