Tsunami

Dave in Tx · Jan 23, 2018

Just read where an 8.2 earthquake in the gulf of Alaska sparked a tsunami warning on the entire west coast. Fake News??

dcarp · Jan 23, 2018

Sounds real to me. Just saw a story about it on GMA.

Texasmark1 · Jan 23, 2018

I picked it up in the NYPost (not Times). Had responses from several areas including Hawaii where nobody is worried about it. Downgraded to 7.9 after initial 8,2 posting.

Dave in Tx · Jan 23, 2018

Looks like on the map Chris and Kim could be threatened.

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 23, 2018

There is a direct correlation between earthquakes and tsunamis. However, it is not possible to predict whether any given coastal or oceanic earthquake will generate a tsunami, because you can't easily look under the ocean to see if a giant hunk of rock broke off the continental shelf.

Charlie M · Jan 23, 2018

Hard to make an earthquake political so probably not fake news. The aftermath could be fake news.

rrlund · Jan 23, 2018

Why not? Somebody accused the meteor that exploded over Michigan last week of being "fake news". I wonder when people will quit making such absolute fools of themselves by making that claim about every story that doesn't fit their world view?

jon f mn · Jan 23, 2018

It's the law of averages, if you claim all news is fake you'll be right most of the time. Likely on a higher average than when I try to think.

AlinArk · Jan 23, 2018

depends on who supplies the 'facts' , ye shall know them by their fruits.

IanC · Jan 23, 2018

Hadn't seen that, but Richter scale is logarithmic, so that .3 drop is 3 TIMES less (an 8 is ten times the power of a 7, which is ten times the power of a 6, etc.)

RayP(MI) · Jan 23, 2018

Quake that strong could well trigger one. Could be a pretty impressive one at that, depending on just how the earth (ocean bottom) shifted. Better Send out a warning than not. Can always retract warning later. Wave won't be noticed much in the open ocean, but when it starts to come up on the shores it can rise dramatically.

Bob Harvey · Jan 23, 2018

TV woke me around 2AM with the warning - not fake. Was recalled less than an hour later.

rrlund · Jan 23, 2018

A person can come out looking pretty stupid claiming that something that actually,factually happened in nature was "fake". Kinda like when a former member here claimed on this forum on the world wide web that Hurricane Harvey was "fake". All credibility goes right out the window when people start throwing that kind of claim around.

Dave in Tx · Jan 23, 2018

I knew it wasn't fake news.. put it on there with a question mark to see who would get their nnalert in a wad!

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