Weather Banter - View Single Post

Alan LeHun · December 27th 04, 02:27 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

In article om,
says...
Not wishing to cause alarm, but isn't it just as likely to have a
tsunami in the Atlantic as it is in the Indian ocean.

Donno to be honest but the mid Atlantic rift is a spreading zone not a
subduction or sliding one. It's the latter areas that give rise to the
large earthquakes required to trigger tsunamis.

I think the UK East coast is at greater risk than the west. There is a
geological record of tsunami's along the East coast which is, iirc,
particularly good along the Firth of Forth and Tay valleys.

As for creating a Tsunami Warning System for the Indian Ocean after an
extreme 1 in 700 year event, I'm not so sure it is necessary or viable.

--
Alan LeHun