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Tsunamis
A tsunami (pronounced tsoo-nah-mee) is a wave train, or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an sudden disturbance that vertically displaces the water column.
Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, and even the impact of cosmic bodies, such as meteorites, can generate tsunamis. Tsunamis can savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life.
- From UW Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth & Space Sciences
Cascadia Subduction Zone and Seattle Fault Scenarios and Tsunami Inundation Models
Tsunami Damage in Washington from the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake - - From US Army Corps. of Engineers (only works in Explorer - graphics are big and take a while to come up)
Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazard Studies - From the USGS
West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Near real-time tsunami informational bulletins -
Alternative link
NOAA Tsunami Project - mitigating tsunami hazards in WA, OR, CA, AK, and HI
Washington State Emergency Management Tsunami Program
TsuInfo Alert Quarterly Newsletter of the National Tsunami Mitigation Program
TSUNAMI by NOAA's Frank Gonzalez - From Scientific American, May 1999
The Indian Ocean Tsunami - What it means for Cascadia
More Tsunami Links - From the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
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