That particular whirlpool was caused by the interaction between the in-rushing water and the terrain of the coastline and seafloor, as this video explains:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709856
Lin
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:51 PM, <LadyTozi@aol.com> wrote:
I have another question. In the pictures and videos of the Japanese tsunami, a couple of them showed a whirlpool in the ocean. What caused that. At one point I thought I heard the announcer saying that the whirlpool was over the epicenter of the quake.Bre.
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