8/3/2011 - Worries of Mega-Tsunami! 720 Earthquakes On El Hierro (Canary islands) In One Week!

A Paradise beach could became the hole of the Hell... "An unprecedented 720 earthquakes have been recorded on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, during the past week,” says this article by Mark Dunphy. El Hierro is currently the most volcanically active of the Canary Islands in Atlantic Ocean. El Hierro has the largest number of volcanoes in the Canaries with over 500 open sky cones, another 300 covered by the most recent outflows, and some 70 caves and volcanic galleries, notably the Don Justo cave whose collection of channels surpasses 6km in length. 
A swarm of little earthquakes that have triggered a lot of worries and the worst of nightmare. 

The National Geographic Institute (IGN) and Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands is continuing to record scores of earthquakes, measuring between 1 and 3 on the Richter Scale, each day. The majority of earthquakes are being recorded at a depth of between 5km and 15 km.

www.irishweatheronline.com... 

In a BBC Horizon program broadcast on 12 Oct 2000, geologists hypothesised that a during a future eruption a similar landslide could potentially generate a “megatsunami” some 2000-3000 ft (650–900 m) high in the region of the islands. The huge wave would radiate out across the Atlantic and inundate the eastern seaboard of North America including the American, Caribbean and northern coasts of South America a mere six to eight hours later.
According to modeling estimates, the tsunami’s waves could possibly reach 160 ft (49 m) or more high and, depending on topography, could extend up to 16 miles (25 km) inland, causing massive devastation along the coastlines. 

www.myweathertech.com... 

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.

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are these earthquake swarms becoming a common phenomena?? 

we recently had swarms in... 

Arkansas Earthquake Swarm 

Earthquake swarm continues on the Canary Islands 

Nevada Earthquake Swarm 

University describes tremors as 'earthquake swarm'

Maine Earthquake Swarm Caused By Ice Age (SEISMOGRAPHS) 

Earthquake swarm continues into 2nd day around Virgin Islands 

River in Costa Rica disappears following earthquake swarm 

US: California Hit By Earthquake Swarm 

EarthCurrent: Japan Earthquake Swarm Animation 

i know i know..its been happening for million of years.. 

still to me its quiet clear its becoming the rule to have swarms of hundreds or more EQ's 

Geologists S. Day and S. Ward consider that a megatsunami could be generated during a future eruption involving the Cumbre Vieja on the volcanic ocean island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain.[13][14] The last Cumbre Vieja eruption occurred in 1971 at the southern end of the sub-aerial section without any movement. The section affected by the 1949 eruption is currently stationary and does not appear to have moved since the initial rupture.[16] Geologists and volcanologists also disagree about whether an eruption on the Cumbre Vieja would cause a single large gravitational landslide or a series of smaller landslides. a Palma is currently the most volcanically active island in the Canary Islands Archipelago. It is likely that several eruptions would be required before failure would occur on Cumbre Vieja.[13][14] However, the western half of the volcano has an approximate volume of 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) and an estimated mass of 1,500,000,000,000 metric tons (1.7×1012 short tons) If it were to catastrophically slide into the ocean, it could generate a wave with an initial height of about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) at the island, and a likely height of around 50 metres (164 ft) at the Caribbean and the Eastern North American seaboard when it runs ashore eight or more hours later. Tens of millions of lives would be lost as New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Miami, Havana, and many other cities near the Atlantic coast are leveled. The likelihood of this happening is a matter of vigorous debate.[15]

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Americas East Coast Mega Tsunami Canary Islands explained 

YouTube Link

We need eyes open next days at all vulnerable areas ..

Here is some info for present danger in next hours-days .. 


I saw this on Youtube the other day regarding warnings about the East Coast. Yes, anecdotal and such, but seemingly relevant if true. 

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