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Old Posted Oct 31, 2006, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveD
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.
Dubai is on the CLOSED Persian/Arabian Gulf, which is also very shallow so a oceanic tsunami will not effect it, neither a tsunami in the gulf can happen.

However there are strong wind current that creates from time to time sea surge or waves of up to 4 meters tall.
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