(yesterday)
OTD (Jan 26) in 1700, a MASSIVE earthquake hit the West Coast (~9.0) that caused forests to sink into the ocean. No written record, only seemingly unbelievable stories from Indigenous tribes
It caused a huge tsunami that reached Japan 10 hrs later & even 300+ yrs ago, Japan kept detailed records of tsunamis, so over years of research in the 1990's, geologists put together the timeline w/ the exact date of the earthquake.
The Big One™ will happen again
1/
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/great-quake-and-great-drowning/
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