Scientists want us to be better prepared for a tsunami potentially inundating Sydney Harbour, with new research into this risk released today.
A team of scientists recently embarked on a research trip to map Australia’s continental slope and what they found was a potential for future tsunamis.
Debris displaced in the landslide was 30 times the volume of Uluru, according to Australian scientists.
We can’t predict or prevent tsunamis but you can improve your chances of staying safe by understanding the risk, being prepared and acting quickly when disaster strikes.
Australia is surrounded by ocean, so is not immune to the effects of tsunamis. But how significant is the risk?
The 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami is still wreaking havoc, sending hundreds of invasive species travelling on debris across the world’s oceans.
In 2004 the Boxing Day tsunami took hundreds of thousands of lives. Today, Australia spearheads a warning system for the Indian Ocean.
New research narrows down where giant earthquakes are likely to hit
No other tsunami in history has been captured in such detail and in such quality.