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More Than 720 Earthquakes Recorded On El Hierro In One Week
www.irishweatheronline.com ^
| Wed Jul 27, 9:58 pm
| Mark Dunphy
Posted on 07/30/2011 1:16:12 PM PDT by Errant
The volcanic activity, principally at the convergence of the three ridges, resulted in the continual expansion of the island. A mere 50,000 years ago, as a result of seismic tremors which produced massive landslides, a giant piece of the island cracked off, crashed down into the ocean and scattered along the seabed. This landslide of more than 300km3 gave rise to the impressive amphitheatre of the El Golfo valley and at the same time caused a tsunami that most likely rose over 100 metres high and probably reached as far as the American coast.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishweatheronline.com ...
TOPICS: Science; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: canaryislands; catastrophism; cumbrevieja; earthquake; lapalma; tsunami; tsunamis; volcano
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:16:14 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: SunkenCiv; winoneforthegipper; TaraP
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:18:38 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: Errant
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El Hierro (circled) in The Canary Islands.
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always drives me crazy when they don't mention the general location of a story, especially ones involving remote areas
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:34:29 PM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: sten
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:37:24 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:39:11 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Errant
Now this would clean up Washington. This would be a larger crisis than Obama would want. It sounds like the effect on the East coast of the US would be something like what was shown in the movie Deep Impact.
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:39:20 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: sten
Same here sten, thanks for telling us.
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:47:08 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Truth29
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posted on
07/30/2011 1:49:03 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: Truth29
Imagine...Boston, New York and Washington all washed away, clean as a whistle...Too bad about Charleston and Savannah though.
To: sten; Errant
Isla De La Palma also is an island worth watching as it has a massive slump on the western side of the island.
A good shock to it and we’re seeing a tsunami from it.
Thankfully, it is somewhat quiet.
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posted on
07/30/2011 2:00:35 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Errant
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posted on
07/30/2011 2:00:52 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Errant
Thanks for posting this video. It actually looks like it illustrates the risk of a tsunami triggered by another of the Canary Islands. Maybe there is even more potential for a disaster than first thought.
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posted on
07/30/2011 2:10:32 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Steve Van Doorn
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posted on
07/30/2011 2:25:51 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: sten
I got to have special liberty in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
in 1966 while aboard the USS Cony DD508. I swore if I ever got the chance I would go back there someday. It was the best place I visited in my 4 year tour.
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posted on
07/30/2011 2:26:09 PM PDT
by
antisocial
(Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
To: Errant
Hey bud, thanks for the post good stuff over there...el fuego in Azore chain is another one to watch!
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posted on
07/30/2011 3:25:13 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Truth29
Unfortunately, with a 7-8 hour warning, our overlards would be long since airborn, and out of town, when it hit.
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posted on
07/30/2011 10:52:58 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: Errant
The Tsunami research community has thoroughly debunked Simon Day’s claims about the size of a La Palma landslide tsunami on the East Coast. Unfortunately because it’s not what bad science documentary makers and the media want to hear, It’s not really been widely disseminated.
http://www.lapalma-tsunami.com/
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posted on
07/31/2011 3:02:27 AM PDT
by
Strategerist
(There is only so much stupidity one man can prevent - Andrew Marshall)
To: Errant
Haven’t heard of this one but Cumbre Vieja on La Palma has been a concern.
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posted on
07/31/2011 5:48:01 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: Strategerist
Thanks for the link!
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posted on
07/31/2011 7:21:42 AM PDT
by
Errant
To: Errant; geologist; winoneforthegipper; Steve Van Doorn; Alamo-Girl; Amityschild; AngieGal; ...
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posted on
10/13/2011 5:30:42 AM PDT
by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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