Experts say a tsunami hit the east of the United States in early June, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tsunami-like conditions were seen on June 13 in excess of 30 tide gauges along the U.S. East Coast, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.
Newport, Rhode Island saw the highest peak amplitude at 12 inches higher than sea level.
"We're trying to piece this back together," said head of NOAA's tsunami program, Mike Angove.
Angove did not actually say the conditions created a tsunami. However, he did admit the storm had certain characteristics that were exactly like a tsunami. The NOAA’s West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a notification labeling the conditions a tsunami.
On June 13 a severe storm traveled offshore and across the area. Analysts were attempting to figure out if the storm helped in creating the tsunami like conditions.
Brian Coen was in New Jersey that day spear-fishing when he spotted a huge rush of water as the tide was traveling out, said an account from the NOAA. Coen said the conditions were taking divers over rocks that were being hit by the water. Next, he said, a wave of about six feet carried some divers in the other direction—three people were pushed off rocks and two of the three were injured.
Angove offered another suggestion, saying the storm could have been a meteotsunami—a tsunami brought on by weather.
Angove said he wants the chance to send a sonar-equipped boat to the shelf in order to figure out what occurred.
