Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20100228:02:12:00
That you feel able the tsunami did not live up to the fears that we had when the warning was published? >> well, you guys have been talking about this and the quake -- this quake had a little depth to it and being about 25-kilometers deep or 21.8 miles deep it is -- it mitigates the size of the wave quite a bit. so i would have to say they were very fortunate that this was not shallow as was the quake in haiti. that quake was extremely shallow and that is why there was so much more damage locally. the depth of the quake is crucial because the deeper they are the less energy reaches the surface...
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