Showing posts with label Tsunami Video in Death Valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tsunami Video in Death Valley. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Death Valley Desert Pupfish News

Pupfish, Downfish: Subterranean Tsunami Caused by 7.4 Earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico Gives Vertical Shakes to the Water-Hole Home of Endangered Fishes 
Watch never-captured footage of a seismic wave rocking the whole pool at Nevada's famed Devils Hole.  
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=earthquake-at-devils-hole 
 VIDEO LINK: http://bcove.me/idy9mmov
 But the above isn't exactly the first time this has happened. Back in April 4, 2010 there was an Earthquake located in magnitude 7.2 El Mayor - Cucapah Mexico earthquake. in Baja California. The result was a never before recorded video of the event, but fortunately the University of Arizona caught it on tape as it happened. 

Here is a link to those events of 2010:  

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2448 
 'Tsunami' Video Sheds Light On Struggling Pupfish ScienceDaily (May 11, 2010)

I hate the idea of anything happening to these little endangered Desert Pupfish, but the seismic phenomena is really Kool!