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Mount Etna's Sliding Into The Sea Could Trigger Deadly Tsunamis, Scientists Warn

For thousands of years, the chief danger of Europe's most active volcano has been the threat of something akin to hellfire. In the future, the peril could be the exact opposite: water.

That's because Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, is slowly, inevitably sliding into the Mediterranean Sea – a creeping movement scientists have observed for decades. But new research suggests this colossal phenomenon could be a greater hazard than anyone realised.

"The entire slope is in motion due to gravity," explains geophysicist Heidrun Kopp from the Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany.

"It is therefore quite possible that it could collapse catastrophically, which could trigger a tsunami in the entire Mediterranean."

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It would take approximately 3.5 hours for a tsunami triggered by a Mount Etna landslide to reach the coast of Israel.

In the event of a Mediterranean-wide tsunami triggered by a Mount Etna flank collapse, the water would realistically travel between 300 meters and 1.5 kilometers (roughly 0.2 to 1 mile) inland across most of Israel's modern coastline.

How far the water penetrates depends heavily on the specific coastal topography, the height of the incoming wave, and the presence of river inlets.  (Source: Gemini)