Upon landfall, a tsunami will move ____
a. ?at walking speed
b. ?faster than it traveled in the open ocean
c. ?at the speed of a helicopter or small airplane
d. ?much too fast for a person to outrun
e. ?at the speed of a commercial jet
ANSWER: d
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