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To clarify, it's not that a particular point of coastal land moved 800 ft away from where it had been previously. It's that some of the land was uplifted past s
by sparky_z 3y ago
To clarify, it's not that a particular point of coastal land moved 800 ft away from where it had been previously. It's that some of the land was uplifted past sea level--essentially it "rose up out of the water"--effectively moving the location of the coastline.
- ahazred8ta 3y agoFor comparison, land surface movement near the 2004 tsunami was less than 1 meter.