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Title: The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
Url: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707
Publisher: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Description: This text relates a scientific detective story through clues from both sides of the Pacific. In the year 1700, a mysterious tsunami flooded fields and washed away houses in Japan. It arrived without the warning that a nearby earthquake usually provides. Samurai, merchants, and villagers recorded the event, but nearly three centuries would pass before discoveries in North America revealed the tsunami's source, a large earthquake off the west coast of Canada and the United States.
LC Classification: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Atlases -- By region or country -- Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia, Africa, etc. -- Asia -- Far East -- Japan
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Dynamics of the ocean -- Waves
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Dynamics of the ocean -- Waves -- Tsunamis. Tidal waves
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Dynamics of the ocean -- Waves -- Tsunamis. Tidal waves -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Science -- Oceanography
Science -- Meteorology
Science -- Earth science
Science -- Instructional issues
Science -- History
Key Concept: Oceanography -- Waves
Date Issued: 2005-11-22
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Format: Document -- PDF
Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Professional/Practitioner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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