My mom is a resident of Hawaii, and was trapped on a low elevation island when the earthquake occured last sunday.
Considering Hawaii is not on a fault line, but rather the center of a moving teutonic plate and it is known that continental lift usually occurs at a fault line and a tsunami is the result of this dramatic upshift when it occurs underwater. Of course, any earthquake can cause massive landslides which can trigger large waves.
My assumption is that there is a much higer risk of a tsunami traveling to Hawaii.
2006-10-17
12:20:07
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