Southern California may be unprepared for tsunami

Southern California could be unprepared to warn against an impending tsunami in the event of an earthquake immediately off the coast.
A national panel presented findings of a study on tsunami warning systems to Congress Friday, revealing some vulnerabilities in the warning system.
"The main thing we want to get out is how ill-prepared we are for local tsunamis, tsunamis that are generated very close to the coast," said Professor Costas Synolakis at the USC Tsunami Research Center, who was part of the team of scientists on the panel.


To make this relevant to Pasadena it would need quotes from Caltech, easy enough.


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