mo4ch:>Ancient tsunami may have struck Falkland Islands | Mo4ch News

By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent 16 March 2020 Image copyrightNASAThe Falkland Islands may at some point in the future face a major tsunami.Scientists have found evidence of ancient slope failures on the seafloor to the south of the British Overseas Territory.Computer models suggest these underwater landslides would have been capable of sending waves crashing on to the Falklands' coastline that were tens of metres high.Fortunately, such events only appear to happen once every million years or so.That means islanders shouldn't stay awake at night worrying about them, says Dr Uisdean Nicholson who's been investigating the issue. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUisdean Nicholson: "The tsunami would take about an hour to reach the Falklands""But you do want to capture risks at a range of different timescales. So I definitely think we should do more research to understand the different ways these events might be triggered," the…