The tsunami warning that was issued following the earthquake that struck off the coast of Michoacan on Monday came to nothing, with only a slight increase in the wave surge reported along the Jalisco and Colima coastlines.
That doesn’t mean we will always be safe from tsunamis. Read on.
“The sea waters gathered themselves in a violent form, creating the appearance of a monumental wall, that didn’t seem like a wave but rather a vertical front. This wall receded some 300 to 400 meters and then suddenly surged forward with unusual violence in the direction of the town. The horrific avalanche advanced, destroying and dragging everything it found in its path, demolishing hotels, homes, walls, warehouses, palm trees.”
This is how the Excelsior newspaper described the tsunami that thundered into Cuyutlan, Colima on June 22, 1932.
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