You just have to read this one...
Waves that bring death faster than a jumbo jet
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=596140
Here is some of it...
They believe the earthquake occurred as a result of a massive ground slip near a geological fault on the seafloor called the Java Trench, an underwater canyon that extends from northern Australia in the south to the Andaman islands in the north.
The Java Trench was created by a geological process called subduction, a zone where two of the Earth's tectonic plates collide. In this case, the Indian-Australian tectonic plate is "subducting", or slipping under the Eurasian plate, at a rate of about 2.5 inches (6cm) a year.
The tsunamis yesterday were probably caused by sudden movements of the seafloor which raised or lowered the entire water column above. It is also possible, however, that they were caused by a gigantic underwater landslide.
A sudden raising or lowering of the seafloor would have generated great amounts of potential energy as a result of the vertical displacement of deep-water columns.
It is also possible, however, that they were caused by a gigantic underwater landslide.
Has anyone heard anything at all from or about our base at Diego Garcia?