VI & Earthquakes

Google doesn't help me much.

I want to know what will happen to Vancouver Island in the event of a major earthquake (causing a tsunami).

One of my science teachers in high-school said we'd all be fucked by the quake.  One of my English teachers said the tsunami would come in too fast and the island would sink.  Another science teacher said that our city (Nanaimo) would be alright because of our location on the island and the fact that a tsunami would have to wash in and then back up from the strait of Georgia to get into town.

plz 2 help me

it would get wet

You're fucked.  Van isle is right on a fault line, that shit'll be hundreds of meters high.

The impact of telegenic tsunamis on the Regional District of Nanaimo will depend on a number of factors including (but not limited to): location of earthquake focus, direction of wave travel, magnitude of quake and corresponding wave size. Because the RDN is sheltered by Vancouver Island, telegenic tsunamis originating in the Cascadia Subduction Zone (southwest of Vancouver Island), the Kamchatka Subduction Zone (southeast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula), or the Aleutian Subduction Zone (south of the Aleutian Islands) are not likely to cause damage to the Regional District. Clauge et al., (2005), reports that much energy will be lost as the tsunami moves through narrow passages connecting Juan de Fuca Strait to Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia. The Institute of Ocean Sciences has also confirmed this, noting that Nanaimo would experience no more than a few centimeters increase in normal tidal height (Obermeyer, 1998).

Everything's going to be alright!

(Unless you are killed by earthquake damage)

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