[SunkenCiv]

“The force required to rip this reef material from the seafloor and deposit it that far above the shoreline had to have been tremendous,” said CU-Boulder scientist Larry Benson. “We think the tsunami wave height was at least 15 feet and potentially much higher than that.” -- Illustration by Samantha Davies, University of Colorado

[Verginius Rufus]

The Yucatan peninsula can't catch a break. First the asteroid that supposedly killed off the dinosaurs. Then, a tsunami.

I'd avoid the place. Never know when the next disaster will hit.

[denydenydeny]

Bush’s fault.

[Cyman]

Been there, tsunami’s name is Perla. What a ride.

[Mariner]

Tsunami killed the Maya?

That's a big enough event to be the straw that broke the camel's back.

[gleeaikin]

Could a tsunami have been caused by a major earth slide in the Azores or Canaries?

[DAC21]

And?

[colorado tanker]

My recollection of the geology of the Caribbean Basin and its fault lines is that it is complex. I’d look for an earthquake cause rather than hurricane. The observation is quite right there have been countless hurricanes in the centuries since this deposit.