Catalog of Tsunamis in the Pacific, 1969-1982

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S. L. Soloviev, K. Kim, CGO Staff
DIANE Publishing, 1997 - 208 pages
English translation of a Russian publication (although the majority of data used for the compilation of the catalog was originally written in English) by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. All available information on 85 tsunamis observed in the Pacific Ocean during the period 1969-1982 has been collected and systematically arranged in this book. Includes maps of sources, copies of tide gauge records and wave intensities, and a list of the main parameters of the earthquakes and the intensities of the tsunamis. Extensive bibliography.

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Page 208 - Sources process of the 1974 and 1975 earthquakes in Kuril Islands in special relation to the difference in excitation of tsunami. Sci. Rep., Tohoku Univ., Ser.
Page 208 - List of major earthquakes in and near Japan, during the period from 1951 to 1960: QJ Seísmo)., Tokyo, v.
Page 186 - Consolidation of the underlying materials and lateral spreading of that loose material above water level by the severe shaking, and the erosion effects of the seismic sea wave are also contributing factors.
Page 186 - Ranongga, where it began, the wave appeared to observers to be "a few feet high". It caused no serious damage and passed by those inlets that were sheltered by coastal reefs and facing away from the oncoming wave.
Page 185 - Mrs. Binskin's house through open doors, one of which had been shaken off its hinges, reaching a depth of 22.5 cm, then quickly receded carrying out nearly all of her household effects.
Page 185 - Garner [who apparently feared his vessel was endangered], reported that there were "confused and dangerous tide rips off the east coast later that morning".
Page 185 - About a minute later the islanders raised a cry in their local language: "everyone stand by their canoes, the water is coming".
Page 175 - ... was not of great force or volume. After the first shock the...
Page 11 - Major work on the compilation of the catalog was later completed at the same institute (now the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences...

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