Ancient Tsunami Shaped Mexico's Luxury Coast John Hopton - redOrbit
go to original March 9, 2015

A new study involving Mexico’s Centro Ecological Akumal (CEA) and the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that there are several lines of evidence for an ancient tsunami, most significantly a large, wedge-shaped berm about 15 feet above sea level paved with “washing machine-sized” stones.

The berm is set back in some places more than a quarter of a mile from the shore and stretches for at least 30 miles, tracking the rocky headlands and crescent beaches of the Caribbean coast near the luxury resorts of Playa del Carmen and Cancun.

...The tsunami is thought to have ripped up reef material from the seafloor and deposited it far above the shoreline as evidence of its colossal power. “We think the tsunami wave height was at least 15 feet and potentially much higher than that,” said Shaw.

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