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Ancient Tsunami in Lake Geneva, Switzerland
November 4, 2012 | Latinos Post

About 1500 years ago a tsunami triggered by a delta collapse, traveled across Lake Geneva and swamped the area that is now the city of Geneva, Switzerland.


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