The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America Format:Paperback staff vice president

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ISBN-13: 9780071663489

The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America Format:Paperback staff vice presidentA 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 tsunami was spawned during an earthquake along the coast of northwestern North America. This orphan tsunami would not be linked to its parent earthquake until the mid twentieth century, through an extraordinary