7.7 Caribbean Earthquake

[Lori]

Felt all the way to South FL.. depth just over 6 miles!!
No tsunami warnings!

 

[warneagle]

This was along a strike-slip fault with mostly horizontal thrusting so a significant tsunami is unlikely.

 

[Jack Watkins]

Was hoping we might get small waves out of this, but nothing in Panama City Beach

 

[WesL]

Was hoping we might get small waves out of this, but nothing in Panama City Beach

You prepped to surf it out to higher ground?

 

[Jack Watkins]

You prepped to surf it out to higher ground?

I don't know about that. The water is COLD!

 

[skelly]

I venture to guess a sunami along the gulf coast would be devestating and something no one is expecting or the least bit prepared for...

 

[Kory]

I venture to guess a sunami along the gulf coast would be devestating and something no one is expecting or the least bit prepared for...

Just look at what Katrina did over a small stretch of the Gulf Coast. Storm surge, just like tsunami, is displacement of water due to some physical force...

 

[warneagle]

I venture to guess a sunami along the gulf coast would be devestating and something no one is expecting or the least bit prepared for...

Fortunately the risk is very low, barring another Chicxulub-type asteroid impact (in which case we have bigger problems).

 

[Jack Watkins]

My insurance company has me carrying flood insurance. I live in a 9th floor condo directly on the beach.

 

[warneagle]

I read once that if the Chicxulub asteroid had hit in the deepest part of the Gulf instead of right by the coast, the tsunami would have been three miles high.

 

[skelly]

Thought I remembered going to the chixulub on break during my college days...