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Old 05-11-2008, 05:02 PM
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Hi, Romy!

The chance of tsunami in Europe is 100%. European shores have been affected, & will continue to be affected, though at a lower frequency than some other shorelines around the world (for example, Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, Chile, Java, Sumatra).

European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/research/star/in....cfm?p=32_main

Athena Web: http://www.athenaweb.org/films-libra...g-1000712.html

Tsunami risks are present in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Baltic, even the North Sea.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...441819,00.html

One of the most historic tsunami in all of human history struck Lisbon in 1755 after a great earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean. Voltaire incorporated the catastrophe into "Candide."

Earthquakes & tsunamis struck Sicily & Cabiria in 1693 & 1783, respectively. In 1908, an earthquake & tsunami destroyed most of the city of Messina, killing almost 100,000 people:

http://fohn.net/biggest-tsunami/biggest-tsunami-4.html
Thanks David the links are very informative. I knew about the Messina earthquakes but I didn't know about the tsunamis that took place with them.

Romy
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