Do DUers know there was a quake and tsunami in Greenland

[malaise]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40347552

A rare magnitude-four earthquake hit Greenland's west coast on Sunday, producing a surge of water that swept away homes and led to reports of a number of people missing.

Joint Arctic Command, the group tasked with the search and rescue mission, has since published images of the aftermath of the disaster and told the BBC that it continues to monitor the situation, warning that further incidents could take place.

[DK504]

1. I saw a blurb on it this AM

but nothing else.

[malaise]

2. My oldest sister, her hubby and two older kids lived there for nearly five years

decades ago.

She's one hell of a survivor.

[pirateshipdude]

3. Yes. I knew anyway. Eom

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Only because I saw the tsunami video

[malaise]

8. What's scary is that it was a weak quake

Thanks for the video - damn that's frightening - the dogs sure knew something was coming

[MoonRiver]

5. I did not know! Been very busy all day.

Hope there are no fatalities!

[malaise]

13. It was on the weekend and people are missing

[MoonRiver]

18. So sad...

[angstlessk]

6. No, I did not know...

I recall History that named Greenland though it was basically an iceberg and Iceland which was green, in order to thwart invaders.

[babylonsister]

7. Wow!! I read about it,

saw the magnitude was 4, and moved on. I had no idea about the surge of water and missing people.

Or how rare this was. Yea, no climate change going on.

[malaise]

10. Can't believe it either

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How does a Cat4 produce a tsunami

Laughing at myself - earthquake not hurricane malaise

[Warpy]

17. Depends on how shallow it is, whether or not it's complicated by

an undersea landslide, and the way the coastline is arranged. IOW, a rather small tsunami is magnified when it hits shallow water and goes up a narrowing channel.

[Brother Buzz]

20. The right type of fault at the right location can....

can produce a significant local tsunami with a modest earthquake, and conversely, a large earthquake on a lateral fault often produces zip, like the storied San Andreas Fault in California.

[Brother Buzz]

9. Two threads on Sunday

VERY little interest

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029221437

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141802577

[malaise]

11. Thanks Brother Buzz - the Con is absorbing way too much energy

[countryjake]

24. You got that right! Did ya hear about the fires in Portugal?

"Huge forest fires in Portugal kill at least 57 people" posted by muriel_volestrangler

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141802350


The M$N has barely covered a thing besides that bastard's latest tweets...CNN dedicated all of four minutes to those devastating wildfires on Saturday, that I saw, and not one word about the Earthquake in Greenland, yet. The entire world could collapse into a gigantic sinkhole and burn up and down to the poles but cable news would continue on with their Trump mania.

[enid602]

27. Portugal

People were burned alive in their cars.

[Warpy]

12. It was posted at DU 2-3 days ago

with a picture showing a pretty much flattened village. As melting continues and the land shifts under it, I'm afraid this sort of thing will become more common, and not just in Greenland.

[malaise]

15. Missed it completely

and yes our planet is a mess

[babylonsister]

21. FWIW, I did also. nt

[Ilsa]

14. There was a 3.2 in Augusta Georgia today around 11:15 am.

4 miles SW of downtown and 8 miles deep.

[malaise]

16. Hope there's an election quake in Georgia tonight

[countryjake]

19. I did...saw it in the Guardian on Sunday morning...

when they were only reporting that four were missing in a tiny Coastal village after a "possible" Tsunami that could have been caused by a "landslide" in Greenland. They never even mentioned any Earthquake in that short story.

A bit later that day, I found a thread about it here in Latest Breaking News with a report from the BBC:

"Four missing after tsunami strikes Greenland coast" posted by riversedge
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141802577

[malaise]

22. Missed it

[smirkymonkey]

23. I saw something on the news this morning.

The tsunami contained huge chunks of ice. It looked horrifying! I hope that people are found and are ok. The ice probably made it even more dangerous than it would have been normally. I just hope that this is the end of it and no more serious aftershocks.

[elmac]

25. Yes, nt

[canetoad]

26. Some good information here

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674deadly_tsunami_strikes_nunavuts_neighbour_greenland/

A June 18 tsunami along Greenland’s northwestern coast, facing Baffin Island to the west, has left two people seriously injured, seven slightly injured, four people still missing and 11 houses in the village of Nuugaatsiaq, population about 100, completely destroyed or swept out to sea.

The toll of this past weekend’s tsunami in northwest Greenland might seem small when compared to the 2004 tsunami in Asia where more than 200,000 died but for people in Greenland, with its large landmass and relatively small population, the pain and response to this unexpected natural disaster and shared loss has been huge—similar in scale to the 1999 New Year’s Eve avalanche in Nunavik, which killed nine, injured many and wrecked buildings.

Everyone on the close-knit island has reached out with donations of money, goods and artwork, as well as with prayer vigils, to help and support those who lost their relatives, homes and belongings as water poured into Nuugaatsiaq at about midnight June 18. Air Greenland and shipping companies have also mobilized their fleets to help send in relief, while the Royal Danish Air Force has sent a Hercules to assist.

“It’s hard to believe what happened last night,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Kim Kielsen said in a June 18 Facebook post. “After the earthquake in Nuugaatsiaq we were made aware that the forces of nature can suddenly change… what happened is tragic and my thoughts are with everyone from Nuugaatsiaq.”

[LeftInTX]

28. I wonder if they could even feel the quake?