Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California say that a tsunami could form in Lake Tahoe.
It would require an earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher. Because the lake is the 10th deepest in the world, that would magnify the effect. The result: waves 10 to 33 feet high, which would take just three to six minutes to reach shore. Details here.
Posted to California at May 10, 2005 10:54 AM
Would the waves get as far as the casinos? Floating money.
Posted by: eh at May 11, 2005 12:17 AM
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