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The vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the northwestern Pacific

Synolakis Kostas, B. Uslu, Barberopoulou, Angeliki, J. Borrero, L. Dengler

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/BC00246A-77A2-4233-8D45-359FF0ED1240-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.79.5.608 -
Languageen-
Extent12 pagesen
TitleThe vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the northwestern Pacificen
CreatorSynolakis Kostasen
CreatorΣυνολακης Κωσταςel
CreatorB. Usluen
CreatorBarberopoulou, Angelikien
CreatorJ. Borreroen
CreatorL. Dengleren
Content SummaryOn 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 the 1964 Alaska tsunami. All of the damage occurred more than six hours aer 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 15 November 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 eventen
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-10-10-
Date of Publication2008-
SubjectEarthquake sea wavesen
SubjectSeismic sea wavesen
SubjectSeismic surgesen
SubjectTidal wavesen
SubjectTunamisen
Subjecttsunamisen
Subjectearthquake sea wavesen
Subjectseismic sea wavesen
Subjectseismic surgesen
Subjecttidal wavesen
Subjecttunamisen
Bibliographic CitationL. 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.79.5.608en

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