Could a tsunami hit Ireland?

losthorizon

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?

Naikon

Not really. Full scale stupidity could, though.

Chardee MacDennis

Sure it'd only be the west coast that would get any damage

Naikon

BastardPrince wrote: »

Sure it'd only be the west coast that would get any damage

Don't forget the pale.

My name is URL

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7127829.ece

Geansai Rua

22/12/2012....

That is all

RichieC

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

Biggins

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...

ei.sdraob

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

bring it on

Penfailed

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.

skelliser

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

In 1755 and 1761.

ilovesleep

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

Pauleta

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.

Chuck Stone

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

PogMoThoin

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

losthorizon

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?

bradlente

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

listermint

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....

Penfailed

Pauleta wrote: »

There was a thread on this already.

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

Biggins

listermint wrote: »

But Justin Beiber can....

Irritating, ill mannered little schite he is... thats all I have to say about him...

Capt'n Midnight

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

mike65

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.

galwayrush

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

partyatmygaff

galwayrush wrote: »

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

Too right. It's a cracking game.

Overature

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

Fremen

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

Paco Rodriguez

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?

massdebater

Geansai Rua wrote: »

22/12/2012....

That is all

think you mean the 21st...

Mint Sauce

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....

tiger55

Maybe if Ian Pailsey falls out of bed.

galwayrush

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

ilovesleep

Paco Rodriguez wrote: »

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?

Thats scary. When is that going to happen. any estimates?

rainbowtrout

PogMoThoin wrote: »

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

Isn't that the one that would supposedly wipe out Cork if it hit Ireland?

CreepingDeath

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Isn't that the one that would supposedly wipe out Cork if it hit Ireland?

Yeah, it could cause thousands of Euro worth of damage.

ilovesleep

So we have 3 reasons how a possible tsunami could hit ireland
1) another lisbon 1755 earthquake
2) a mountain spitting in the canaries and if/when the nearby volcano erupts it could push the mountain into the sea
3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

is that correct?

losthorizon

ilovesleep wrote: »

3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

I assume Iceland would be west of this fault line (if it went N-S).

Ive visited Iceland twice and you can actually walk where the Mid atlantic ridge "comes ashore" and is pushing the two plates west and east. An amazing site. You can argue then that half of Iceland is in America and half in Europe.

Dunjohn

I was thinking about this in my usual idle ah-well-now way earlier today (in between automatic signs of the cross and "amens") and I figure that if a tsunami was triggered in the Atlantic somewhere, the continental shelf would wear it out as it approached Ireland and by the time it got here it'd be well and truly knackered. So there'd be a bit of damage but nothing on the scale of what Japan's seeing.

Captain_Generic

losthorizon wrote: »

You can argue then that half of Iceland is in America and half in Europe.

I'm pretty sure Greenland and Canada don't consider themselves "America"

davyjose

ilovesleep wrote: »

So we have 3 reasons how a possible tsunami could hit ireland
1) another lisbon 1755 earthquake
2) a mountain spitting in the canaries and if/when the nearby volcano erupts it could push the mountain into the sea
3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

is that correct?

Option 1 is the only likelihood in the next couple of millennia. A fault line would take an almost unimaginable length of time to form.

It's not gonna happen lads. We will never experience anything like that. Calm down.

losthorizon

Captain_Generic wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Greenland and Canada don't considered themselves "America"

Er, Yes, I do!

davyjose

Captain_Generic wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Greenland and Canada don't consider themselves "America"

They probably don't consider themselves the "USA", maybe?

Captain_Generic

losthorizon wrote: »

Er, Yes, I do!

davyjose wrote: »

They probably don't consider themselves the "USA", maybe?

Alright alright, they're in The America's or North America! I always relate just "America" to the US

thetonynator

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

Could you explain the runaway release of methane hydrates? I looked up methane hydrates and understand that, but can't find anything about them causing tsunamis???

ilovesleep

davyjose wrote: »

Option 1 is the only likelihood in the next couple of millennia. A fault line would take an almost unimaginable length of time to form.

It's not gonna happen lads. We will never experience anything like that. Calm down.

I know it probably won't happen in our lifetime. I suppose it wouldn't hurt putting a plan in place all the same for such a disaster. Look where ignorance on behalf of our government got us - deep up sh1ts creek in dept.

If a comet was to hit the altantic ocean wouldn't that cause a tsunami?

Never having babies after learning this info. Im going to die a lonely old cailleach.

Capt'n Midnight

thetonynator wrote: »

Could you explain the runaway release of methane hydrates? I looked up methane hydrates and understand that, but can't find anything about them causing tsunamis???

It's a runaway effect, once the ones at top are released there is less pressure on the deposits lower down - worst case the whole seabed bubbles over and you get land slides

ilovesleep

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

How would norway cause a tsunami

Capt'n Midnight

ilovesleep wrote: »

So we have 3 reasons how a possible tsunami could hit ireland
1) another lisbon 1755 earthquake
2) a mountain spitting in the canaries and if/when the nearby volcano erupts it could push the mountain into the sea
3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

is that correct?

The underwater landslides off Norway a few thousand years ago which reached 50Km inland in Scotland would give for concern too. And the ones that lifted rocks onto the Aran Islands and a meteroite landing in the Atlantic.

And the Shell gas field explodering when the Shell to sea saboteurs hijack a rig :pac:

or if there is an accident with one of the many Nuclear subs in the Irish Sea.

The proposed underwater gas storage in Dublin Bay.

ilovesleep

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The underwater landslides off Norway a few thousand years ago which reached 50Km inland in Scotland would give for concern too. And the ones that lifted rocks onto the Aran Islands and a meteroite landing in the Atlantic.

And the Shell gas field explodering when the Shell to sea saboteurs hijack a rig :pac:

or if there is an accident with one of the many Nuclear subs in the Irish Sea.

The proposed underwater gas storage in Dublin Bay.

more reasons for possible tsunamis to hit ireland. And no disaster plan except for to quote bonyarsebogman - iodine tablets and cheese. Well aren't we the lucky bastards.

davyjose

ilovesleep wrote: »

I know it probably won't happen in our lifetime. I suppose it wouldn't hurt putting a plan in place all the same for such a disaster. Look where ignorance on behalf of our government got us - deep up sh1ts creek in dept.

If a comet was to hit the altantic ocean wouldn't that cause a tsunami?

Never having babies after learning this info. Im going to die a lonely old cailleach.

TBH, you're overreacting.

bodhrandude

galwayrush wrote: »

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

One thing they didnt foresee was their own demise, so for that matter I cannot take their predictions seriously.

Dunjohn

ilovesleep wrote: »

more reasons for possible tsunamis to hit ireland. And no disaster plan except for to quote bonyarsebogman

I missed that pamphlet.