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What effect would an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano have on Connecticut's coast?
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When the Cumbre Vieja erupts and some believe it will very soon do so, the effects of the predicted landslide would be rather moderate.
There is a handfull of scientists predicting a huge landslide that will dump large masses of earth into the ocean creating so called "Mega Tsunamis" that will wipe out entre cities. This theory has been published over and over again by media since it is the most sensational claim of the mall.
The truth however is that the latest models show a far less dramatic event occuring. The water pockets inside the mountain will vaporize because of the heat, causing the mountain to crumle down into the ocean in pieces and over a larger period of time. Even if that will cause some local tidalwaves, the kinetic force of the water will not be large enough to even reach the US coasts and South America.
The "Mega Tsunami" event is the very LEAST likely to happen even thoug its not impossible. Educate yourselfs people, do not stick to one thing and then live in fear!
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The effects of a Cumbre Vieja eruption and landslide will be devastating, to say the least. Scientists predict that in the future, Cumbre Vieja will erupt, and the whole western side of the island will drop off into the Atlantic Ocean. This major landslide will produce very large amounts of energy. The estimated weight of the "chunk of island" is 3.0 X 1015 lb. This awesome power will create a wave with an initial height of around 5,000 ft, nearly 1 mile high. By the time it gets to America's East coast, the waves are projected to be roughly 200 ft high. This extreme sized wave will carry vast quantities of water nearly 16 miles inland; destroying everything in it's path... including much of America's economy, industrial, financial, agricultural, etc.
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