Day and Ward’s research shocked many when it was released in 2001, but subsequent studies of the potential consequences of a collapse at Cumbe Vieja have significantly played down the risk.
In later years, and often with the benefit of experience hard-won from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, scientists using different models have found that any waves created could be considerably smaller.
Some have argued that any collapse of the ridge could not occur with the force described in Ward and Day’s paper ... Read even more
