On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 7:03 AM, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

Roughly how much rubble would be left by a collapsed four story apartment block . . .

How much rubble can be moved by hand?

There are just too many possible variables to answer either question from the data given.

How large was the iniital wave? How far inland was the building? Did it take the full force of the tsunami? Or did it collapse in the aftermath, from having it's foundation undermined? How was the building constructed (stone? brick? steel? glass? other?)? Etc, etc, etc.

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