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  • California’s earthquake created a ‘non-destructive’ tsunami. Next time could be different

    Dec 13, 2024 8:45 am by The IndependentIllinois in the News
    A simulation shows tsunami wave behavior along the central California coastline. For visualization purposes, 70 minutes of elapse time were compressed into 20 seconds and the tsunami wave’s amplitude is exaggerated. Photo: USGS/Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

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    The Independent (Dec. 11) The earthquake was a strike-slip - two tectonic plates slid past each other. ‘Strike slip faults are capable of generating powerful tsunamis, as we have seen only six years ago,’ says U. of I. Professor Ahmed Elbanna.

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