An earthquake between 1381 and 1391 triggered a tsunami in the northeastern Caribbean sea that stranded large coral boulders hundreds of meters inland on Anegada, the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands. A new University of Washington-led study dates the event based on analysis of the coral. Co-author Robert Halley is pictured beside a specimen. (Brian Atwater via SWNS)
Zamara Fuentes, a postdoctoral student at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, examines the coral skeleton. (United States Geological Survey via SWNS)
The tiny figures in this drone photo are standing near one of the stranded coral boulders on Anegada, showing how far inland the tsunami, dated in this study between 1381 and 1391, carried it. (Michaela Spiske via SWNS)
An earthquake between 1381 and 1391 triggered a tsunami in the northeastern Caribbean sea that stranded large coral boulders hundreds of meters inland on Anegada, the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands. A new University of Washington-led study dates the event based on analysis of the coral. Co-author Robert Halley is pictured beside a specimen. (Brian Atwater via SWNS)
By Stephen Beech
Coral skeletons left by a tsunami over 630 years ago are a warning for the Caribbean region, according to new research.
Zamara Fuentes, a postdoctoral student at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, examines the coral skeleton. (United States Geological Survey via SWNS)
The tiny figures in this drone photo are standing near one of the stranded coral boulders on Anegada, showing how far inland the tsunami, dated in this study between 1381 and 1391, carried it. (Michaela Spiske via SWNS)
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