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October 30, 2008

Experts say '04 tsunami has lessons for the NW

  • Geologists say greater public awareness is needed, especially in low-lying areas such as Aberdeen.
    • By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER
    Associated Press Writer

    PORTLAND — The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years, and it has lessons for the Pacific Northwest, geologists said Wednesday.

    Geologists say the long gap between tsunamis in the Indian Ocean might explain the build-up in geologic forces that triggered the huge undersea earthquake and launched the killer waves four years ago, the journal Nature said.


     
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