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Tsunamis

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Reading on Tsunamis

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Report1999

Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan

Atwater et al.

Draws on survivor accounts and post-event surveys from Chile, Hawaii and Japan to set out what actually determines whether someone survives a tsunami, from wave arrival time to evacuation behaviour.

link checked 17 Sept 2026

Earth & Environmental Science · Natural Hazards & Risk

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Paper1963

The Leading Wave of a Tsunami

Kinjiro Kajiura

Derives how a tsunami's leading wave transforms as it crosses from deep ocean to shallow coastal water, the theoretical basis for early tsunami warning calculations.

Earth & Environmental Science · Natural Hazards & Risk

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Reading on Tsunamis

Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan

The Leading Wave of a Tsunami

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