Alert: Volcano eruption in La Palma could result in mega-tsunami

Possibly but I suspect some form of Christian.

 

Wow.

 

Thanks. Nobody seemed to like my inner Neanderthal avatar. Can’t imagine why. The guy seemed so happy…

 

Great to see you posting again Carol55!!!

 

More drone footage

 

Think the government isn’t aware of and concerned about the tsunami risk from La Palma? Take a look at this March 2021 US government document:

https://www.tsunami.gov/exercises/L...8elvgCZcrRQjsOgOX0J5UdxREnfsNT6TCSP2apaEQebQs

 

The new lava peninsula created from this eruption is about 65 acres already. That’s a lot of magma:

 

New landslide (or new vent?) on the side of the mountain above the volcano:

https://twitter.com/palmacorrupcion/status/1444083750963486728?s=21

 

more earthquakes rattling la palma and in between islands biggest today was 3.6m area is definitely moving

 

https://weatherboy.com/preparations-underway-for-east-coast-earthquakes-tsunamis/

Preparations Underway for East Coast Earthquakes, Tsunamis
Weatherboy Team MeteorologistMarch 7, 2021

In the scheduled March 17 LANTEX 21 exercise, a powerful 8.8 earthquake will be simulated at 36.0 North, 15.0 West in the North Atlantic; it will send a tsunami towards the North America coast. Image: NOAA
Are you and your local officials prepared for a potential destructive tsunami along the US east coast? While most associate tsunami threats with the Pacific basin, as last week’s strong New Zealand earthquakes and Tsunami Watch in Hawaii demonstrated, officials are preparing for the possibility of similar seismic activity in the Atlantic basin that could threaten the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean by launching two separate drills over the next 2 weeks.

On March 11, through the CaribeWave ’21 Tsunami Warning System Exercise, officials will drill for two hypothetical earthquakes. At 9am ET, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center will act as if a 8.0 magnitude earthquake strikes at 18.2 North 75.3 West near Jamaica. At the time time, an even more powerful 8.5 earthquake will strike near the Northern Lesser Antilles at 18.9 North 62.4 West. In the drill exercise, a simulated tsunami striking portions of Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and portions of Central and South America will be practiced with the first quake, while a broader, more impactful tsunami will be simulated with the second.




The second CaribeWave simulation earthquake will trigger a tsunami that’ll radiate out from the Northern Lesser Antilles. During a real tsunami, such a map would only be made available to officially designated Tsunami Warning Focal Points and National Tsunami Warning Centers. Image: NOAA
While the CaribeWave ’21 simulations will be sharing earthquake and tsunami advisory and warning information among officials, none of it should be released to the public. However, test messages will have the following text added in the event they do somehow end up in public channels:

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
...TEST TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE TEST...
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION
ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL
HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS
AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT
SYSTEM.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE
APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE
ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****



Days later, on March 17, another significant earthquake and tsunami drill will unfold. Unlike the CaribeWave ’21 event which focuses on preparedness in the Caribbean, the March 17 LANTEX 21 drill is designed to prepare the rest of the North American Coast for tsunami dangers.

The March 17 LANTEX21 drill will simulate an even more powerful 8.8 earthquake in the North Atlantic at 8am ET. The quake, centered at a depth of 9 miles at 36.0 North and 15.0 West will drive a potentially destructive tsunami towards the U.S. and Canadian East Coasts.

In the LANTEX21 drill, a Tsunami Warning will be “issued” for coastal areas of Newfoundland and Labrador from Cape Ray, Newfoundland to Cape Chidley, Labrador while a Tsunami Advisory will be “issued” for Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the balance of the North American east coast from Cape Ray, Newfoundland to Flamingo, Florida.

These earthquake and tsunami drills will help bring awareness to the threats these areas could experience, allowing local officials and residents to be ready when an actual threat arrives. (If any real tsunami threat occurs during the time period of the exercise, the exercise will be terminated.)

Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel towards land, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases. The speed of tsunami waves depends on ocean depth rather than the distance from the source of the wave. Tsunami waves may travel as fast as jet planes over deep waters, only slowing down when reaching shallow waters. While tsunamis are often referred to as tidal waves, this name is discouraged by oceanographers because tides have little to do with these giant waves.


The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) are providing the framework for the LANTEX21 tsunami exercise, which is being conducted to assist tsunami preparedness efforts throughout the Atlantic region. Recent earthquakes and their associated tsunamis, such as those in Samoa (2009), Haiti (2010), Chile(2010, 2015), and Japan (2011) attest to the importance of proper planning for tsunami response. Similar recent exercises in the Pacific and Caribbean Basins have proven effective in strengthening preparedness levels of emergency management organizations. This exercise will provide simulated tsunami alert messages from the NOAA/NWS National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) for the eastern coasts of Canada and the United States as well as Puerto Rico and the US/British Virgin Islands.


Active tectonics and historic seismicity in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake source zone (GB = Gorringe Bank, AP = Abyssal Plain, LTV = Lower Tagus Valley; the arrows indicate the rotation of the Africa Plate). Source: AIR

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