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The SAFRR tsunami scenario: Improving resilience for California

Stephanie L. Ross·Lucile M. Jones·Kevin H. Miller·Keith A. Porter·Anne Wein·Rick I. Wilson·Bohyun Bahng·Aggeliki Barberopoulou·Jose C. Borrero·Deborah M. Brosnan·John T. Bwarie·Eric L. Geist·Laurie A. Johnson·Stephen H. Kirby·William R. Knight·Kate Long·Patrick Lynett·Carl E. Mortensen·Dmitry J. Nicolsky·Suzanne C. Perry·Geoffrey S. Plumlee·Charles R. Real·Kenneth Ryan·Elena Suleimani·Hong Kie Thio·Vasily V. Titov·Paul M. Whitmore·Nathan J. Wood
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On March 11, 2011, the Tohoku earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated Japan with a disaster of unfathomable proportions. Five thousand miles away, the waves from Tohoku caused $50 to 100 million in damages in California. Although this pales in comparison to the loss of lives and property in Japan, the U.S. Government must ask whether California, and the national economy, will someday face worse consequences from other distant-source tsunamis. Unfortunately, the answer is “yes.”

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Source-reported bounding extent: 32.53° to 42.01° latitude; -124.48° to -114.13° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Stephanie L. Ross, Lucile M. Jones, Kevin H. Miller, Keith A. Porter, Anne Wein, Rick I. Wilson, Bohyun Bahng, Aggeliki Barberopoulou, Jose C. Borrero, Deborah M. Brosnan, John T. Bwarie, Eric L. Geist, Laurie A. Johnson, Stephen H. Kirby, William R. Knight, Kate Long, Patrick Lynett, Carl E. Mortensen, Dmitry J. Nicolsky, Suzanne C. Perry, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Charles R. Real, Kenneth Ryan, Elena Suleimani, Hong Kie Thio, Vasily V. Titov, Paul M. Whitmore, Nathan J. Wood. 2013. The SAFRR tsunami scenario: Improving resilience for California. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20133081

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