06-December-2006, 01:15 PM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Originally Posted by Sean Clayden
Etna landslip would not achieve such an angle or speed of landslide to create a mega tsunami.
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Hum,
you have evidence for this statement?
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A massive tsunami smashed Mediterranean shores some 8,000 years ago when a giant chunk of volcano fell into the sea, researchers say.
Waves up to 165 feet (50 meters) high swept the eastern Mediterranean, triggered by a landslide on Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, according to the new study.
The research team says the natural disaster likely destroyed ancient communities, with a series of killer waves hitting the eastern Mediterranean coastline from Italy to Egypt.
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