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Surviving a tsunami: lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan

October 1, 1999

Actions that save lives, and actions that cost lives, as recounted by eyewitnesses to the tsunami from the largest earthquake ever measured--the magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile on May 22, 1960.

Publication Year 1999
Title Surviving a tsunami: lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
DOI 10.3133/cir1187
Authors Brian F. Atwater, Marco V. Cisternas, Joanne Bourgeois, Walter C. Dudley, James W. Hendley, Peter H. Stauffer
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Circular
Series Number 1187
Index ID cir1187
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse