Publication Citation

USGS Series Circular
Report Number 1187
Title Surviving a tsunami--lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
Edition Version 1.1 2005
Language ENGLISH
Author(s) compiled by Atwater, Brian F.; Cisternas, Marco V.; Bourgeois, Joanne; Dudley, Walter C.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H.
Year 1999
Originating office
USGS Library Call Number (200) Ci no.1187
Physical description 18 p. :ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;22 x 28 cm.
ISBN 0607928441

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Abstract

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.