Evidence indicates Yucatan Peninsula hit by tsunami 1,500 years ago
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
The eastern coastline of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped by a tsunami between 1,500 and 900 years ago, says a new study involving Mexico's Centro Ecological Akumal (CEA) and the University of Colorado Boulder.