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FBaggins

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1. Not sure why tsunami are even part of the headline

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Apr 14, 2019, 07:56 AM

Apr 2019

Hawaii isn’t likely to get tsunami from local earthquakes unless large portions of an island collapse. They can get them, but they almost exclusively come from far away earthquakes.

And, of course, a 5.2 isn’t going to do much even we’re it the “right” kind of earthquake

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No tsunami threat following 5.2 magnitude earthquake on Big Island [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 OP

Not sure why tsunami are even part of the headline FBaggins Apr 2019 #1

Yeah, I was going to ask if such a small quake could create a tsunami Clash City Rocker Apr 2019 #2

Doesn't matter the intensity BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #4

It would have to be almost 100 times larger FBaggins Apr 2019 #5

I think it's just a standard "media check" and report BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #3

Scary, an earthquake could trigger a massive landslide and mega tsunami Baclava Apr 2019 #6