Το έργο με τίτλο The vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the northwestern Pacific από τον/τους δημιουργό/ούς Synolakis Kostas, B. Uslu, Barberopoulou, Angeliki, J. Borrero, L. Dengler διατίθεται με την άδεια Creative Commons Αναφορά Δημιουργού 4.0 Διεθνές
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L. Dengler,B. Uslu,A. Barberopoulou, J. Borrero, C. Synolakis ,"The vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the northwestern Pacific ,"vol. 79.no.5,pp.608-619 ,2008.doi:10.1785/gssrl.79.5.608
https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.79.5.608
On 15 November 2006, Crescent City was struck by a mod-erate tsunami that caused significant financial losses. Tis was the first significant tsunami loss on U.S. territory since the1964 Alaska tsunami. All of the damage occurred more than six hours aer alerts had been canceled by WCATWC. Five previous tsunamis in the past 50 years from similar-sized Kuril Islands earthquakes caused no damage in Crescent City. e 15November 2006 tsunami illustrates the very narrow boundary between damaging and nondamaging events, and the vulner-ability o small-boat basins and aging harbor structures to a moderate event