El Hierro volcano (Canary Islands): continuing earthquakes, volcanic tremor and eruption warning

Volcano Discovery ^ | jun 26 2012

[silverleaf]

In this case the “east coast” would extend to the Alleghenies or maybe beyond

We saw in Japan what tsunamis did inland as they traveled up the rivers

[JimSEA]

As an asside, the length of the fault movement also contributes to any possible tsunami and while the land movement in the Canary Islands would be more pronounced than in Japan’s quake the length of the disturbance would be far smaller. It would be more like a pebble dropped in a pond. A lesser volume of water would be displaced. In short, I quite agree with you about the potential and reasons behind your argument.

[citizen]

Isn’t there a similar threat to the West Coast from a large part of the big island of Hawaii crashing into the Pacific due to volcanic/earthquake activity?

[Vermont Lt]

Probably not, due to the distance and the direction.