Some 40 scientists warn Spain and Portugal. According to
them, the arrival of a large tsunami would be only a matter of time. The
disaster would make thousands of victims.
Spain and Portugal are not prepared for the coming
tsunami. This is in any case what report scientists of these two countries in
La gran ola (The great wave) a documentary directed by Fernando Arroyo.
The magnitude of the Lisbon disaster
According to experts, such a catastrophe would kill thousands and cause immense damage. The magnitude of the possible future sinister is compared with the terrible earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755. A tragic event that had caused between 50,000 and 75,000 deaths.
Studies of palaeosismology specialists estimate that the gap between two similar disasters, in this case an earthquake of magnitude 8.5 in the Atlantic Ocean, is 1,500 to 2,000 years.
The magnitude of the Lisbon disaster
According to experts, such a catastrophe would kill thousands and cause immense damage. The magnitude of the possible future sinister is compared with the terrible earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755. A tragic event that had caused between 50,000 and 75,000 deaths.
Studies of palaeosismology specialists estimate that the gap between two similar disasters, in this case an earthquake of magnitude 8.5 in the Atlantic Ocean, is 1,500 to 2,000 years.
According to the director of the documentary, questioned
by the Daily Mail, the catastrophe could be a repetition of this catastrophe.
The director estimates that tens of thousands of people could be killed and
hundreds of thousands more could be affected by evacuation, power cuts and lack
of food and water.
The region most exposed to the catastrophe would be the Gulf of Cadiz. A seismic zone very popular with tourists and expatriates located on the Atlantic coast.
"The question is not whether there will be another tsunami, but when it will happen"
Some forty scientists have sounded the alarm and are concerned about the lack of an early warning system that would allow for emergency evacuation. The director, however, regrets that the governments concerned do not take action when the alert is present.
The head of the division of oceanography of Spanish ports, Begona Perez, told the filmmaker in his documentary: "The question is not whether there will be another tsunami, but when it arrives."
Luis Matias, a researcher on tectonic and seismic risk at the Dom Luiz Institute in Portugal.
The region most exposed to the catastrophe would be the Gulf of Cadiz. A seismic zone very popular with tourists and expatriates located on the Atlantic coast.
"The question is not whether there will be another tsunami, but when it will happen"
Some forty scientists have sounded the alarm and are concerned about the lack of an early warning system that would allow for emergency evacuation. The director, however, regrets that the governments concerned do not take action when the alert is present.
The head of the division of oceanography of Spanish ports, Begona Perez, told the filmmaker in his documentary: "The question is not whether there will be another tsunami, but when it arrives."
Luis Matias, a researcher on tectonic and seismic risk at the Dom Luiz Institute in Portugal.
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