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That's very fast and it's all because of how deep the water is (thousands of feet) and how much energy the earthquake puts into the tidal wave. So now to directly answer your question, the amount of time it takes for a tsunami to come after an earthquake occurs can be as little as 5 minutes or as long as 24 hours. It just depends on how far away the earthquake was from the coast.
â¢ When the ocean is deep tsunamis can travel unnoticed on the surface at speeds up to 500 miles per hour (800 kilometers per hour), crossing the entire ocean in a day or less. Scientists are able to calculate arrival times of tsunamis in different parts of the world based on their knowledge of when the event that generated them occurred, water depths, and distances.