eli5: Waves come in at New York, and waves come in at Europe. What happens in the middle?

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eli5: Waves come in at New York, and waves come in at Europe. What happens in the middle?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Giant waves in between. They are harder to notice because the whole ocean is moving/they are more underwater.

Imagine the earth is a cup of water, and if you move it around, the water goes from one side to the other, you don’t really notice the peak of the water moving in the middle but you do when it hits the sides.

Now imagine the cup is a ball (Earth) instead and gravity is holding the water in at all angles, give it a spin and that’s what we got.