According to a report by Fox News on September 22, the US National Park Service said that the shock wave caused by the previous 7.7 earthquake in Mexico caused the Devils Hole (Devils Hole) in Death Valley, US, 1,500 miles (about 2,414 kilometers) away. Desert Tsunami".
22 minutes after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on the 19th, Devil's Hole in Death Valley National Park, Nevada, USA experienced a surprising "desert tsunami" due to shock waves, shaking up to 4 feet, the US National Park Service said. (1.2 meters) of spray.
Death Valley, located in the Mojave Desert, is one of the hottest places in the United States and even in the world.
Devil's Cave, on the other hand, is a partially water-filled limestone cave that is hundreds of feet deep.
It's home to the endangered devil's cave killifish, which depend on algae that grow in sun-drenched shoals as a food source.
As of March this year, the number of devil cave killifish has increased to 175 from an earlier 35.
The authority said the waves caused by the tremors stirred up rocks and sediments on the shallow continental shelf and carried away most of the algae, which will limit the amount of food the devil cave killifish can eat in the short term.
(produced by Wu Rui)
Responsible editor: [Peng Dawei]