2006-11-03 08:54:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Can, do and will get worse.
From Nunatsiaq News:
"In the last century, three of the 10 largest earthquakes in the world have occurred in Alaska, and these produced deadly tsunamis. In 1958, a landslide caused by an earthquake sent a tsunami 524 metres high into Lihuya Bay, killing several fishermen and stripping the fiord of vegetation.
The presence of sea ice has lessened or "dampened" the impacts of most tsunamis in the Arctic Ocean. That's why Alan W. Harris, a senior research scientist at the Space Science Institute in California, maintains there's little possibility of a killer wave doing much damage in the Arctic and "only polar bears need worry about whether the ice damps the tsunami wave from an Arctic impact."
But in the future, with increased calving of glaciers and ice shelves, where massive hunks of ice break off and crash down into the water, there could be more Arctic tsunami-type waves, and, with less sea ice, these could have a larger, visible impact."
2006-11-03 09:00:46 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Yes if the wave was strong enough. The pressure beneath the ice might even make the wave stronger.
2006-11-03 17:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no chances of tsunami as the water is frozen and hence does not form waves
2006-11-03 17:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well, since ice is a solid, I'm going to go out on a limb and say NO.
2006-11-03 16:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ice doesn't form waves
2006-11-03 16:56:45 · answer #5 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They happen constantly -- that's where icebergs come from.
2006-11-03 18:37:45 · answer #6 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋