Tsunami on the West Coast of Florida?

Question

What are the chances you think that a earthquake will trigger a Tsunami on the Gulf of Mexico?

Answer 1

It depends on the strength of the earthquake... and I do not think the chances are that great because we just had an earthquake about 250 miles off shore in the gulf that was rated a 6 and no tsunami hit us...

Answer 2

It is certainly possible. A strong earthquake would transfer the energy to the water no matter what. However for a Tsunami like the one in the Indian Ocean there must be a long slope along the shore. I think the Gulf is like a big basin and the energy would be expended all along the coast with out building to any great height.

Answer 3

..http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/28/State/Florida_s_unlikely_ts.shtml
"Some scientists have developed a scenario in which a titanic landslide off the western coast of Africa could trigger a tsunami that would race across the Atlantic Ocean in nine hours and slam into Florida's east coast.

A computer model has it hitting Cape Canaveral harder than any hurricane - with a speeding wall of water 82 feet high, more than twice as tall as the 40-foot tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas Sunday across South and Southeast Asia, killing thousands.

The good news: Floridians and others on the U.S. East Coast likely would have days, even weeks, of warning."

I find it hard to believe it would be on the west coast.

Answer 4

Anything is possible , if the recent earthquake in the gulf displaced enough water , we could have very easily had a tidal wave hit the Florida coast !!!

Answer 5

the odds of it happing are 1:198763084764585947363 so yea probabily once every million years

Answer 6

not likely