According to John Moore, in a recent interview with Dr. Bill Deagle on
the Nutrimedical Report, there is an increased possibility of a super
mega-tsunami coming from the Canary Islands in the near future.
El
Hierro Volcano: Is one of the smallest of the Canary Islands, the
origins of the island date back some 100 million years when the ocean
floor shifted with the movement of the Earth's mantle. The crust cracked
into a three pointed star releasing flows of magma. After 3 eruptions,
the island emerged from the ocean as an imposing volcano more than 2,000
meters high. It has now been over 200 years since the last eruption but
El Hierro. Although being the smallest island, it has the largest
number of volcanoes with over 500 open sky cones and another 300 covered
by the most recent outflows. There has been uncertainty surrounding
reports of a historical eruption taking place in 1793.
Meanwhile,
scientific research is predicting that an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja
volcano, at La Palma in the Canary Islands would result in a massive
mega-tsunami that would reach the East Coast of America.
Geological
evidence suggests that during a future eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano
on the Island of La Palma may experience a catastrophic failure of its
west flank, dropping 150 to 500 km3 of rock into the sea. Using a
geologically reasonable estimate of landslide motion, we model tsunami
waves produced by such a collapse. Waves generated by the run-out of a
500 km3 (150 km3) slide block at 100 m/s could transit the entire
Atlantic Basin and arrive on the coasts of the Americas with 10-25 m
(3-8 m) height. Lateral collapses of oceanic island volcanoes rank
amongst the most spectacular natural events on Earth. Although no such
lateral collapse punctuates the historical past, residual debris found
on the seafloor evidence their abundance in recent geological time.
Moore (1964) first identified the remains of lateral collapses off the
flanks of Hawaii. Since then, dozens have been recognized adjacent to
island volcanoes in nearly every ocean (Moore et al. 1994; Keating and
McGuire, 2000). These observations constrain not only the geography and
frequency of lateral collapses, but also their magnitude (up to 5000 km3
of material), extent (to 300 km length) and ferocity (underwater speeds
to 140 m/s)
No comments:
Post a Comment