Local Catastrophes Happen: Mega-Tsunami Moves 700-Ton Boulders Uphill

A volcano slides into the sea causing an 800 foot wave to crash onto into an adjacent island. As that wave crashes onto land it picks up 700-ton boulders and throws them uphill leaving them stranded far above their source.   It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood movie but this is real.  It happened in the Cape Verde Islands off of the west coast of Africa long ago.

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