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What do people on ships do during a tsunami?

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If the vessel is at sea (e.g. in the deep ocean) there is little for them to do and they would likely not even notice the waves. The safest place for a vessel in the event of a tsunami is offshore in deep water. read more

Our ship had an established tsunami emergency plan; upon receiving the warning the ship would get underway and head immediately for deep water. This was of course supposing that we had sufficient time to make it to open ocean prior to the arrival of the wave. read more

I have only read accounts of ships at sea that were sailing over a region when an earthquake goes off. The captains reported that they felt as if the ship had hit rocks even though they were in many hundreds (or thousands) of feet of water. read more

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