On a local scale, the nation of Belize celebrates its diverse identity with the observance of Garifuna Settlement Day every November 19 th. As history has it, the Garinagu people, who have contributed significantly to the antiquity of Belize, arrived and settled in British Honduras (now known as Belize) and along Central American territories in the early 1800âs.
The most likely source for an East Coast tsunami would be an underwater avalanche along the continental slope, according to research presented by ten Brink and others earlier this month at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Charlotte, N.C.
in the deep ocean, the tsunami wave may only be a few inches high but increase in height as they approach the shore Where do most tsunamis occur? about 80% happen within the pacific's ocean ring of fire