Terrifying.
How did that not cause a Tsunami big enough to wipe out a country?
How is such a thing possible?
Truly terrifying and makes you feel small.
Yup. The earth can make a tiny, insignificant vibration that wipes out ten million people.
So many ignoramuses around. It's a real problem.
Shallow water. The amount of water column actually moved was pretty small.
A great deal depends upon the topography of the area where the landslip occurs. I agree that one would think such an enormous displacement would have to cause a bad tsunami but not in this case. FYI: I believe that the highest known tsunamis have occurred in areas of restricted waters like bays and fjords like the 1,720 ft one in Alaska (1958). Still, it is the ones like the Indonesian post-Christmas 2004 Tsunami that make the worry very real as it reached all of the way across the Indian Ocean to Africa and started with a 108 ft height in Indonesia.
That’s what I was thinking, looking at the pictures makes me feel small.