The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America by Satake Kenji, Brian F. Atwater, Musumi-Rokkaku Satoko

The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America

Satake Kenji, Brian F. Atwater, Musumi-Rokkaku Satoko

133 pages first pub 2005 (view editions)

nonfiction history science mysterious medium-paced
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A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January 1700. Samurai, merchants, and villagers wrote of minor flooding and damage. Some noted having felt no earthquake; they wondered what had set off the waves but had no way of knowing that the ts...

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