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Old Posted Oct 31, 2006, 3:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Sky Tower
I thought it was a perfectly sensible question, that deserves a perfectly sensible answer!

Although Dubai does suffer quakes from time to time, the developments there are constructed with this in consideration.....just like California and Japan do, to mention a few.

Although this area is seismicly active, Tsunami are only formed in deep sea subduction zones; and cause the most damage to those areas unprotected from ocean swell with steep sea-bed gradients toward shorelines which amplify the swell by the depth of quake origin to the height of the affected shoreline.
I thought I would point out that a Tsunami can also be created by a massive volcanic eruption, most notably one that also causes a massive landslide into the ocean, which could affect coastlines thousands of miles away.
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