Sources of future tsunamis can be predicted after analyzing seismic regions and detecting so-called “seismic gaps” – places, where earthquakes didn’t happen for a long time.
      
      A team of Russian scientists found several “seismic gaps” near the Kuril islands, the West Aleutian arch and near America shores close to the Cascade Mountains. Calculations show great energy accumulation at these sites, but there were no earthquakes to release this energy.
      
      One of such “gaps” has already worked – the earthquake, which happened in the centre of the Kuril chain in November 2005, caused a giant wave. The wave traveled to the west coast of the United Stated and brought great damage. Scientists developed computer models, which allow very accurate predictions of tsunami’s behaviour. However, the model cannot say when the “gap” would release its catastrophic energy.
      
      Source: Science News