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The powerful earthquake that shook Mexico on Monday was also felt in the western United States, causing a “tsunami” in a cave in the middle of the Death Valley desert, the National Park Service said. Americans (NPS).
Waves reaching 1.20 meters swept through the cave called “Devils Hole” – literally the devil’s hole – 22 minutes after Monday’s earthquake, all captured on video, NPS said in a statement dated Wednesday.
The seismic energy traveled 2,400 kilometers through the earth’s crust to the water-filled limestone cave in Nevada.
This phenomenon, officially known as seiche, has raised sediments and rocks in the basin, which has undoubtedly surprised the dozens of fish that live there.
Cyprinodon diabolis, a rare fish species endemic to Devils Hole and which feeds on the algae that grow in the cave, seems to have escaped unscathed anyway.
“Fish have survived many of these events in recent years“said Kevin Wilson, an NPS environmental expert who works in Death Valley National Park.”We found no dead fish after the shaking stopped“.
Monday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed two people in western Mexico, damaged several thousand buildings and sparked panic in this region, which is more than 400 kilometers from the capital city of Mexico.
It was followed by another earthquake Thursday that also killed at least two people.
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