In:
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 93, No. 19 ( 2012-05-08), p. 185-186
Abstract:
In the aftermath of Japan's devastating 11 March 2011 M w 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, scientists are considering whether and how a similar tsunami could be generated along the Alaskan‐Aleutian subduction zone (AASZ). A tsunami triggered by an earthquake along the AASZ would cross the Pacific Ocean and cause extensive damage along highly populated U.S. coasts, with ports being particularly vulnerable. For example, a tsunami in 1946 generated by a M w 8.6 earthquake near Unimak Pass, Alaska (Figure 1a), caused signifcant damage along the U.S. West Coast, took 150 lives in Hawaii, and inundated shorelines of South Pacific islands and Antarctica [ Fryer et al. , 2004; Lopez and Okal , 2006]. The 1946 tsunami occurred before modern broadband seismometers were in place, and the mechanisms that created it remain poorly understood.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0096-3941
,
2324-9250
DOI:
10.1029/2012EO190001
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publication Date:
2012
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24845-9
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2118760-5
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240154-X
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16,13
