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How high was the Chile tsunami wave that rolled across the Pacific?
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Earlier, a four-metre high wave hit part of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. There were no reports of casualties.
The quake's after-effects have already been felt in New Zealand, Tonga and Samoa. Further afield Russia and Japan are on alert.
In the immediate aftermath of the Chile quake, a wave about two metres high struck islands off the coast near the quake's epicentre, just north of the city of Concepcion.
But as the wave moves across the Pacific it will lose power, meaning the chance of devastation in Australia is slim.
Waves up to half-a-metre high have hit New Zealand's eastern Chatham Islands and officials warned bigger waves were to follow.
The quake's after-effects have already been felt in New Zealand, Tonga and Samoa. Further afield Russia and Japan are on alert.
In the immediate aftermath of the Chile quake, a wave about two metres high struck islands off the coast near the quake's epicentre, just north of the city of Concepcion.
But as the wave moves across the Pacific it will lose power, meaning the chance of devastation in Australia is slim.
Waves up to half-a-metre high have hit New Zealand's eastern Chatham Islands and officials warned bigger waves were to follow.
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The quake struck with the force of 20 billion tons of TNT
How do you know the waves power will dispate significantly? How much does the wave dispate over distance in terms of height of the wave?