A magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Mexico earlier this week sent 1.20-foot waves through the Death Valley cavern known as Devils Hole in the United States. This phenomenon created what experts call the “desert tsunami.”
According to the National Park Service responsible for managing the valley, waves in the Devil’s Eye cave were felt in Mexico 22 minutes after the earthquake. The events were recorded by crime scene cameras.
The earthquake shook the Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán on Monday (19). Five minutes later, the water began to spread and reached Death Valley, 2,400 kilometers away.
Death Valley is a partially flooded limestone cave located in Death Valley National Park in Nevada State. The cave is hundreds of meters deep.
Monday’s waves stirred sediment and rocks from the shallow shelf and also removed most of the algae growth. In the short term, this reduces the food available to the fry that live there.
“We didn’t find any dead fish after the waves stopped. The Devils Hole fry population has been increasing lately,” said Kevin Wilson, an aquatic ecologist with the National Park Service.
source: Noticias
