Looking at history, Hong Kong need not worry about tsunamis, but...Manila Trench has frightening potential
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Looking at history, Hong Kong need not worry about tsunamis, but...Manila Trench has frightening potential
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was as high as 50m Hong Kong has never been seriously affected by a tsunami in recorded history — any large wave generated in the Pacific is blocked by the Philippines and Taiwan — but the threat remains. The Manila Trench, west of the Philippines, where the Sunda and Philippine Mobile Belt tectonic plates grind against each other, poses a threat to Hong Kong. In the past 100 years large earthquakes of 6.4 to 7.5 magn…
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