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Where would a major #tsunami strike?

To help local emergency officials prepare, the #California Geological Survey has released new maps that show the extent of flooding the worst tsunamis could produce in #LosAngelesCounty.

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In a worst-case scenario -- an M9.3 underwater earthquake in Aleutian Trench off the Alaskan coastline -- a tsunami could hit SoCal hours later and flood parts of Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey, Long Beach & the nation’s two busiest ports.

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There are other possibilities for catastrophe.

Earthquakes along undersea faults near Catalina & Anacapa islands — plus submarine landslides off of the Palos Verdes Peninsula — could create tsunamis capable of flooding those same areas in just minutes.

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