05-25-2019, 12:27 PM
One of the reasons they know about this fault that only slips every 275 years or so is because of a drowned forest where the coast dropped a few feet. That sort of thing causes tsunamis. When I have read about this fault before, tsunamis were mentioned.
ETA: Frequency of quakes from this fault is more like every 300 to 500 years. As I recall carbon dating of the drowned forest was cross referenced with an account of a tsunami recorded in Japan around 1700. So yeah, it's gonna cause a tsunami.
ETA: Frequency of quakes from this fault is more like every 300 to 500 years. As I recall carbon dating of the drowned forest was cross referenced with an account of a tsunami recorded in Japan around 1700. So yeah, it's gonna cause a tsunami.