Multinational research team finds that sea floor earthquake zones can act like a ‘magnifying lens,’ focusing and strengthening tsunamis beyond what was through possible.
The earthquake zones off of certain coasts–like those of Japan and Java–make them especially vulnerable to tsunamis, according to a new study. They can produce a focusing point that creates massive and devastating tsunamis that break the rules for how scientists used to think tsunamis work.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uosc-btr030613.php