Tsunami hitting California?

[Scurrybt]

How likely do you think it is that an earthquake will strike the west coast that is big enough to trigger a large tsunami hitting California?

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Origineel geplaatst door metamec:

Tsunamis are my irrational fear since moving near the coast. I read about a mild (deadly) tsunami decades ago but I think it was caused by the airport construction causing a marine landslide.

I wonder how it would be like to see a tsunami warning?

[metamec]

Origineel geplaatst door Q-T_3.14.exe:

I wonder how it would be like to see a tsunami warning?

I'm not sure I'd even recognise it. I'd probably think there was a rave nearby or something.
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[steven1mac]

It is in the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area prone to earthquakes, it is just a matter of time before one strikes.

[davidb11]

Origineel geplaatst door steven1mac:

It is in the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area prone to earthquakes, it is just a matter of time before one strikes.

I'd be more concerned with a Tsunami warning where I live, considering I live in Kansas. :P

That would be a very bad thing to hear about. :P

"Hey, why is the Marianas trench empty?" :P

[Vinegaroon]

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[Ulfrinn]

The major fault line in California is inland. The San Andreas fault is responsible for all of California's earthquakes and that splits through the land mass of California so the epicenters for them are going to be on land. The Pacific plate that it interacts with doesn't really reach another plate until the Phillippine Plate which is pretty easy to guess where that's at. So when earthquakes happen there, the tsunamis are going to hit Asia.

In 2011, the Tohoku earthquake hit Japan and was Japan's largest recorded earthquake and the 4th largest recorded worldwide. While the tsunami that hit Japan was pretty serious, it was fairly minimal when it hit California. I doubt you'll see a major tsunami in California.

[davidb11]

THat's also a fair point.
Yes, it's happened before, many times, but they're usually very small, even if they've discovered plenty of tsunami residue in California.

Any major one would probably be set off by the Canadian/Alaska fault lines.
And they would need to be the perfect sequence of events.

Then there's also the fact that a meteor could cause one as well.
It happened to England, around 1000 AD or so.
So, I can see it happening.

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[davidb11]

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[Scurrybt]

Origineel geplaatst door Mattmoo:

Hmm, not any time soon hopefully.

My bet would be that if anything would generate from some big tsunami in the US it’s going to have to be Hawaii.

But in 50 years, who knows.

I would give less than 50 years

[davidb11]

Odds of a massive earthquake triggering a tsunami in California are basically zero.
Hawaii only gets volcano triggered Earthquakes, and they couldn't create a big tsunami without every island just suddenly falling into the ocean. :P

I mean, a lot of water displacement has to happen.

A meteor is more likely to happen first, and the odds of that are very low.

Rogue planet entering the solar system and disrupting the tides would be about the other even less likely scenario.

[Scurrybt]

Origineel geplaatst door davidb11:

Odds of a massive earthquake triggering a tsunami in California are basically zero.
Hawaii only gets volcano triggered Earthquakes, and they couldn't create a big tsunami without every island just suddenly falling into the ocean. :P

I mean, a lot of water displacement has to happen.

A meteor is more likely to happen first, and the odds of that are very low.

Rogue planet entering the solar system and disrupting the tides would be about the other even less likely scenario.

You have a great point!

[davidb11]

Yeah, they're extremely rare, and that's a good thing.

[Scurrybt]

Origineel geplaatst door davidb11:

Yeah, they're extremely rare, and that's a good thing.

Definitely