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

compiled by Atwater, Brian F.; Cisternas, Marco V.; Bourgeois, Joanne; Dudley, Walter C.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H.

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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.

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4410

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compiled by Atwater, Brian F.; Cisternas, Marco V.; Bourgeois, Joanne; Dudley, Walter C.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H.

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Version 1.1 2005

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ENGLISH

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18 p. :ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;22 x 28 cm.

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Revised and reprinted 2005. See also Spanish version, CIR 1218

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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;

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Circular

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CIR

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1187

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Surviving a tsunami--lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan; 1999; CIR; 1187; compiled by Atwater, Brian F.; Cisternas, Marco V.; Bourgeois, Joanne; Dudley, Walter C.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H.