A scientific article by Steven Ward, of the University of California, and Simon Day, from the University of London, warns of a possible mega-tsunami from La Palma
They estimated that the giant waves generated by a flank collapse would hit the Moroccan and Spanish coasts in two to three hours. The wave would then surge across the Atlantic to strike the Brazilian, US and Canadian coasts in nine hours.By reconstructing the last major geological cascading event that took place here 180,000 years ago in Al Abrigo when a volcano collapsed, they were able to analyse what would happen.
This would produce "catastrophic" effects in several parts of the island and trigger a "devastating" landslide and then displace water to produce a tsunami.This is the third volcanic eruption on La Palma Island, home to 85,000 people, in a century, although the last one dates back to 1971.
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