A 1 meter wave can deliver a lot of power but it's probably not really something that will cause much damage in a place like Japan. Keep in mind that the geogra

A 1 meter wave can deliver a lot of power but it's probably not really something that will cause much damage in a place like Japan. Keep in mind that the geography of the land will affect the incoming wave. Some geographic features can focus or disperse waves to be larger or smaller. The problem is that you don't really know if it will be 1m or 10m until it is too late. Our startup (MakeLeaps) is located in Tokyo and this one shook our building enough that one of our support staff who was on the phone with a user asked them if she could call back so she could crawl under the desk. :-) He was far enough away that he couldn't feel it but he was also pretty understanding. This was one of the first earthquakes in a while that really got my attention. When I saw it was an M7.5 in the same area as the one from 3/11 I thought the tsunami was going to keep getting worse.