Frank White wrote:

massive chunks of the Canary Islands (in the Atlantic) and the
Hawaiian Islands (in the Pacific) that are at risk of breaking
loose and sending walls of water even HIGHER than the Sumartarn
quake at their respective shores...


the above is true is IF..
Absolutely everything went "wrong" & the wholw shootin match went into the
ocean
in a short short time..
; My guess is that it ( Canary Islands landslide )
would occurr in " chunks," over several days / Weeks / Months ( ??) & NOT
all at once..( Seconds 1 minute )



URL of one of the sites discussing Hawaii land slides and tsunamis:

http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Landslides.htm

A seamount can also have a tsunami producing land slide.

Animated GIF of the tsunami expected when the Cascadia subduction fault
next acts up. Part of it is pointed straight at Seattle.

http://quake.usgs.gov/tsunami/GIFanimation.html

Very good sites, thank you Frank.


Averages 800 yrs. Last major quake was 700 yrs ago.

- STILL be a buyer of shorefront property ....
:-)