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Could a tsunami hit Ireland?

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  • 13-03-2011 2:17pm
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    losthorizon
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    Serious question. Although no big earthquakes are ever likely to hit Ireland the mid Atlantic ridge is underneath the Atlantic Ocean and is visible onland in Iceland. This moves quite a bit. What are the chances of an earthquake here and a resulting tsunami in Ireland like we saw in Japan?


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    Naikon
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    Not really. Full scale stupidity could, though.


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    Chardee MacDennis
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    Sure it'd only be the west coast that would get any damage :D


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    Naikon
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    BastardPrince wrote: »
    Sure it'd only be the west coast that would get any damage :D

    Don't forget the pale.


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    My name is URL
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    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7127829.ece


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    Geansai Rua
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    22/12/2012....

    That is all


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    RichieC
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    losthorizon wrote: »
    Serious question. Although no big earthquakes are ever likely to hit Ireland the mid Atlantic ridge is underneath the Atlantic Ocean and is visible onland in Iceland. This moves quite a bit. What are the chances of an earthquake here and a resulting tsunami in Ireland like we saw in Japan?

    they are pulling away from each other unlike the ones near Japan which are being compressed together.

    http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLozvvn1iKX8N8KAv4l36YVk2NguIYqCXq9GL1DS25itbOADDf&t=1


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    Biggins
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    OP, everything is a possibility but in the case of Ireland, due to geological and weather reasons - for the present - its not likely.

    But nature is a fickle thing so we should never say never...


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    ei.sdraob
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    I live and work 120 meters of sealevel according to gps and google earth

    bring it on :D


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    Penfailed
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    losthorizon wrote: »
    Serious question. Although no big earthquakes are ever likely to hit Ireland the mid Atlantic ridge is underneath the Atlantic Ocean and is visible onland in Iceland. This moves quite a bit. What are the chances of an earthquake here and a resulting tsunami in Ireland like we saw in Japan?

    As they are moving apart, it is more likely to cause volcanoes, rather than earthquakes.

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    skelliser
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    Not only could it happen it did happen, twice!!

    In 1755 and 1761.


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    ilovesleep
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    Apparently we did get a tsunami or the ends of one/two tsunamis in 1755 and 1761. I dont know how true this is but i'm going to look into it.

    edit - Skilliser got in before me


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    Pauleta
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    There was a thread on this already. Ireland has been hit with a Tsunami and will again. Maybe not in our lifetime but it will get hit.


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    Chuck Stone
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    Of course.

    On November 1st, 1755, a series of tsunamis lasting more than seven hours tore at the south west coast of Ireland, wrecking fishing boats around Kinsale and even damaging coastal buildings as far north as Galway Bay. Indeed, findings from the recent Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS), undertaken by the Marine Institute in partnership with the Geological Survey of Ireland and others, has already revealed a very substantial rockslide in the Atlantic Deeps which would have caused an enormous tsunami in bygone years, the effects of which are clearly visible on the coastlines of Northwest Ireland and Scotland. In more recent times, the condition of the Cumbre Vieja volcano near La Palma in the Azores area is giving scientists cause for concern.

    http://www.marine.ie/home/aboutus/newsroom/pressreleases/PressreleaseMajorConferencetoDiscussTsunamiWarningSystems.htm


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    PogMoThoin
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    Yes we could, I saw a documentary on this once. There are very unstable volcanoes on the Canaries, there's one volcanous mountain that could slide into the sea if it errupts and cause a tsunami that could wipe out the east coast of the USA 15 miles inland, we would get the rebound


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    losthorizon
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7127829.ece

    Accrding to the article the work would be finished by the end of 2010. I wonder was it?


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    bradlente
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    I wonder if a powerful volcano erupting underwater would cause one....


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    listermint
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    Biggins wrote: »
    OP, everything is a possibility but in the case of Ireland, due to geological and weather reasons - for the present - its not likely.

    But nature is a fickle thing so we should never say never...

    But Justin Beiber can....


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    Penfailed
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    Pauleta wrote: »
    There was a thread on this already.

    Yes indeed - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056205892

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    Biggins
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    listermint wrote: »
    But Justin Beiber can....
    Irritating, ill mannered little schite he is... thats all I have to say about him...


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Pauleta wrote: »
    There was a thread on this already. Ireland has been hit with a Tsunami and will again. Maybe not in our lifetime but it will get hit.
    Canary islands, Norway and of course the runaway release of methane hydrates by global warming or any large meteroite landing in the Atlantic


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    mike65
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Canary islands, Norway and of course the runaway release of methane hydrates by global warming or any large meteroite landing in the Atlantic

    Annoyingly we'd have more chance of stopping a meteor hitting earth than volcanic slippage on the Azores.


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    galwayrush
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    2 weeks of heavy rain is all we need to close this country down.


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    partyatmygaff
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    galwayrush wrote: »
    2 weeks of heavy rain is all we need to close this country down.
    Too right. It's a cracking game.


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    Overature
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    Naikon wrote: »
    Don't forget the pale.

    may be they should rebuild that big wall around the pale so when one does hit, we wont get wet


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    Fremen
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    losthorizon wrote: »
    Serious question. Although no big earthquakes are ever likely to hit Ireland the mid Atlantic ridge is underneath the Atlantic Ocean and is visible onland in Iceland. This moves quite a bit. What are the chances of an earthquake here and a resulting tsunami in Ireland like we saw in Japan?

    Yeah. A tsunami of banking debt.

    /derail thread


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    Paco Rodriguez
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    I saw a documentary that says that in years and years time another fault line will develop on the eastern shore of the US, so I guess we could get a tsunami from that.
    But isnt there a small fault that runs along the English channel?


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    massdebater
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    Geansai Rua wrote: »
    22/12/2012....

    That is all

    think you mean the 21st...


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    Mint Sauce
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7127829.ece

    Considering we cant cope with a little snow and ice, if a tsunami strikes we would be well and truely bent over and....


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    tiger55
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    Maybe if Ian Pailsey falls out of bed.


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    galwayrush
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    Geansai Rua wrote: »
    22/12/2012....

    That is all

    Obviously the Mayans made allowances for all the historical changes that occured in our calenders.:D


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