Crimea is threatened with a monstrous catastrophe that can wipe the peninsula off the face of the earth.
Russian seismologists warn the Crimean authorities about the impending mortal danger.
Researchers from the Institute of Computational Technologies of the SB RAS and the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences predict a powerful tsunami on the territory of the Republic of Crimea within the framework of the project "Assessment of the Tsunami Hazard of the Coast of the Kuril-Kamchatka Region, the Japanese, Okhotsk and Black Seas".
“It is necessary to take into account the difference in the physical, geographical and morphological characteristics of the coast. On the Kuril-Kamchatka coast, which is prone to high tides, typhoons and strong storms, a one-meter tsunami may pass unnoticed, but the same wave on the pebble beaches of Crimea or Sochi overcrowded at the height of the holiday season will be very dangerous, and a three-meter one can lead to truly catastrophic consequences said the head of the laboratory Vyacheslav Gusyakov.
Experts are confident that despite the positive dynamics of the Black Sea's behavior, one must be prepared for the fact that one day the irreparable will happen. Moreover, the data on the terrible tsunami during the Crimean War in 1854, when dozens of ships and thousands of dead were at the bottom of the sea, indicate the possibility of a repetition of the catastrophe.
“In the course of our work, a complete revision of the historical tsunami catalog for the Black Sea was carried out. It has practically doubled and now includes about 50 cases of tsunamis observed in the Black Sea over the past 2,500 years,”noted Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Gusyakov.