Places where tsunamis can appear like Japan

When it comes to tsunamis, the highest risk potential in North America is the Cascadia settlement that stretches from northern California to Canada. The submerged area here is similar to the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan. According to geologists, this is also the place where the earthquake could be more devastating than the Japanese earthquake on March 11 last year. Most recently, the north-west region of North America had an earthquake in 1700. Predictably, about 100,000 people will be in danger if the earthquake happens here.

The least known settlement area in the world is the Hellenic arc area, which runs through the eastern Mediterranean, south of present-day Greece and Turkey. This area is at high risk of tsunami earthquakes, especially Cyprus and the port city in southern Cyprus is Lemesos. In the past 2,000 years, the eastern Mediterranean has had two strong earthquakes in the year 365 AD and 1303 with an intensity of about 8.5 richter.

Peru is also the place where many major earthquakes occurred in history. The capital of Lima is a typical example. This city was destroyed three times by an earthquake. Although it has built a good infrastructure system, it is still in the area of ​​the highest tsunami earthquake cities.

Many scientists once subjectively ignored the Caribbean when studying earthquakes. According to experts, this area is a tsunami trap, just a 7-magnitude earthquake can cause disaster.

Indonesia is a place where frequent earthquakes occur. Seven years ago, the giant tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed more than 200,000 people. So far the Sumatra region continues to receive many warnings about the risk of strong tsunamis.

From 1939, Turkey began to have partial fractures. That is the cause of the major earthquakes in recent years. In 1999, a 7.4-magnitude seismic in Izmit, northwest of the country killed about 17,000 people.