On the same day as two powerful Venezuelan earthquakes, a beach more than 300 miles away in Trinidad was rapidly uplifted by 20 feet. But why? Could it have been from such a far away earthquake, or is something else the cause? Today's video will discuss three hypotheses, with two of them originating from Shawn Willsey and TheGeoModels YouTube channels. (You should watch these videos as well): Shawn Willsey video on the beach uplift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnT28hnZcsE TheGeoModels video on the beach uplift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgZFFjASEo This video's thumbnail image does not display the beach where uplift occurred in Trinidad as I was unable to license any relevant images. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] Myra Keep, Troy Rasbury, Cecilia McHugh, Michael Strasser, Ken Ikehara, Charlotte Pizer, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Mud volcanism and diapirism along the Japan Trench axis: evidence for a complex earthquake plumbing system on the down-going plate, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 182, 2025, 107597, ISSN 0264-8172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107597. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264817225003149), CC BY 4.0. 0:00 20 Ft of Uplift 1:11 Shawn Willsey & TheGeoModels 2:41 My Hypothesis 3:38 Lower Cruse Formation 4:54 Triggered by an EQ?