Recently Long Island had something similar to a Tsunami … “A tsunami travels as fast as a jet airplane, 400 to 500 miles per hour. The Greek historian Thucydides (3.89.1–6) described how the tsunami and a series of earthquakes affected the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) and, for the first time, associated earthquakes with waves in terms of cause and effect. Yes, One of the canary islands (off the coast of africa) is unstable and can fall into the ocean makinga tsunami 10 times stronger than the one in indonesia a while back because this one is powered by a major landslide. A Tsunami can come Many miles inland. Unlike the Japanese tsunami, this one would be set off by an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. “Fear I have is living on Long Island, God forbid if there is a major tsunami. The worst tsunami to hit the Bay Area was triggered in 1964 by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska, Geist says, that killed 11 people in Crescent City. Ward and his co-author, Simon Day of University College London, released a paper in 2001 detailing the possibility of a tsunami hitting New York — and the entire eastern coast of the United States — at some point in the future. But the good news is that a tsunami will almost certainly never hit Long Island. Dr Simon Day, a … “We can look at anything, from huge waves to micro-tsunamis, that you’d never see with your eyes but our instruments can detect,” he says. Your beautiful theory slain by an ugly fact. But the consequences could be high, with deadly waves striking the coastal communities of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey and killing thousands of people. How about the state of Florida which is only feet about sea level… Unthinkable. The risk is low. The water all over would rise not just the place hit directly by the wave. This [mega-tsunami] would be at least 10 times that,” said Mazman. The good news: There’s a window of time for those on the East Coast to evacuate before a mega-tsunami even touches down on land. The east end in the middle easily could be flooded. If a CAT 5 hurricane were to hit Miami, it’s $150 to $200 billion. It would be pretty tough to really hit long island. In the summer of 426 BC, a tsunami hit the gulf between the northwest tip of Euboea and Lamia. scientists predict from 10-1000 years from now it would happen A tsunami like this might completely cover most of Long Island New York, Cape Cod Massachusetts, much of New York City, Boston, and countless other cities and towns up and down the highly populated east coast harboring millions upon millions of people. We are all washed up,” Tina Erdman of Lindenhurst told CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan. WAVES up to 80ft (25 metres) high could destroy New York and Miami in a mega-tsunami if a landslide takes place in Spain, an expert claims. Fact if gloria hit at high tide the south side of long island … Japan is out in the open while a direct hit to long island would have to be between the east coast … I think a tsunami could hit us too JDawg8181....Tsunamis come from subduction zones ....there are no subduction zones in the Atlantic Ocean basin. The main thing is height of land above normal water level.