Page 99 - Miracles of The Qur'an Vol. 3

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

this extraordinary phenomenon is very broad and strong. In tsunamis, the
depth of the water declines while the mass of the wave expands and rises
in height. Tsunamis may be up to 30 meters high. 82 It is therefore very sig-
nificant how the waters are likened to a mountain in this Qur’anic passage.
Tsunamis are very different to the waves we are familiar with, and
are a movement of the entire depth of water. This is not generally re-
stricted to the surface, and may stretch for several kilometers. They thus
possess high levels of energy and move amazingly quickly. 83 Scientific
statements say this about tsunamis:
In fact the tsunami crest is just the very tip of a vast mass of water in
motion... Wind-driven waves and swells are confined to a shallow
layer near the ocean surface, a tsunami extends thousands of feet
deep into the ocean…. Survivors of tsunami attacks describe them as
dark "walls" of water. Impelled by the mass of water behind them,
the waves bulldoze onto the shore and inundate the coast...

... The contours of the sea floor and coastline have a pro-
found influence on the height of the waves -- some-
times with surprising and dangerous results.

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