Show LARGEST OF KNOWN WAVES caused by r at heft sud homer borne times lublic sixty fet feet lit JUI ZIA while we usually think of earthquakes as taking place eliace orti on land T to do occur will i equal devastation i in the i ocean that point in the e artau which the explosion or breaking ty v le tg place is called the tha cartheu ak p f acus s and a n d from it what are known as 43 earth q quake aake waves pass to the surface st t nicholas Mc holas tako take a laun la ba ain un fuli i says avs ater ter 0 wa and dip a glass tuba into w through eh the tube and vill bubbles rising jo ie rhular ular waver wares aff apt out the tha di db at the bottom of the basing basin v pie iha ponds with explosion or 6 ing of the crust it tho us 03 with the dif brenco ercile eth that at I 1 anty W I 1 ter waves wares the he utter latter produce earth M y fir h th jhc thc froug brough d when the city of lisbon P W al was destroyed the eurl ok jok place in the bottom of the BC se A fir cy miles west of the cily yet 1 ct aso t y W ji 6 bated the water that a wave axt feet herh 1 h dashed over lisbon libou de it and its inhabitants in the space of six minutes another earthquake quake occurring just off the coast of peru r aade such a gigantic wave ware that a large essel was thrown beveral miles inland latif L I 1 these are called earthquake wave s they are the largest known dav es and are caused by the heaving an rocking of the bed of the sea aca in leep deep water such waves are not very i but bat their motion extends far down into the ocean when they reach shallower water however they heap up like a gigantic wall and vi with a force more terrible than tham fire or sword they sweep one on bearing des destruction truc tion with r 1 them huge ships are tossed lile like at straws far inland or mindla their halll |