[Strategerist]

At least it's a pretty darn short distance to run to get 50 feet above the lake if you're on the beach, from what I understand about Tahoe. And since Tahoe is small you'd only have to do so if the quake you feel was strong enough to literally knock you off your feet; any small or moderate quakes you'd feel would be too small to cause a tsunami or would be a quake distant from Tahoe.

Don't have a whole lot of time probably to get 50 feet up, though; probably a couple of minutes, tops.

[Sunnyvale CA Eng.]

Thanks for the link. Interesting study. There are a lot of very expensive homes at 50' and less to the lake. The probability is still very small that we will ever see anything like this occur but it is interesting to consider in light of the recent quakes out here. I was up there 2 weeks ago to do a little boating and sightseeing (first 2 pics). The last pic is underwater at about 90' (with a remote controlled camera)- very clear water, nearly featureless sandy bottom until you get to 300' or more.