Satellite Measures Tsunami Waves

The SEA-EaT blog has a post on some recent measurements that were done on the tsunami waves that blasted Asia. It may come as a surprise to many that the waves at the epicenter of the quake were not that high -- two hours after the quake, the waves were about two feet high, and quickly dropped in size. In contrast, the waves that hit the shores, killing tens of thousands was 30-40 feet. More on the science of tsunamis can be found in one of my old posts, and references to tsunami satellite images in an even older post.