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on the coast of Crete were lifted and clear of the water in one massive push. This indicates that the tsunami of 365 was generated by an earthquake in a steep fault in the Hellenic Trench near Crete. Scientists estimate that such a large uplift is likely to occur only once in 5,000 years; however, the other segments of the fault could slip on a similar scale--and this could happen every 800 years or so. It is uncertain whether "one of the contiguous patches might slip in

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