Be akamai—when in doubt, head mauka
![this is a photo of staff and volunteers mapping run-up elevations and inundation distances of tsunami waves.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/jj.jpg?itok=nZyDi9fU)
Detailed Description
U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff and volunteers map run-up elevations and inundation distances of tsunami waves that reached the shores around Hawai‘i Island following the magnitude-9.0 earthquake in Japan. USGS Photo by Andrew R. Hara.
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