Cascadia earthquake of 1700
Tectonic zones
The Cascadia -Erdbeben of 1700 occurred on 26. January 1700 off the west coast of North America in the Cascadia subduction zone . The strength on the Richter scale was approximately 8.7 to 9.2. The triggered tsunami reached Japan without the earth previously shaking. The Japanese recorded this event as " Orphan Tsunami" for no apparent reason and recorded the exact date. The geologists Brian Atwater and Kenji Satake were instrumental in clarifying the connections .
See also: List of disasters
literature
- Brian F. Atwater et al .: The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 - Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America . US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1707, August 2, 2005, edited November 22, 2005.
Web links
- Kathryn Schulz: The Really Big One - An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when. , The New Yorker website, July 20, 2015.
- Chris Goldfinger: Toast, tsunamis and the really big one TEDx presentation on July 5, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Outreach: USGS Scientist Shows Evidence for 300-Year-Old Tsunami to Participants in International Tsunami Training Institute , Sound Waves - Monthly Newsletter, soundwaves.usgs.gov, October 2007, accessed August 1, 2011.
- ↑ Kathryn Schulz: The Really Big One . In: The New Yorker . July 20, 2015 (German: America's Megabeben. In: Reportagen Nr. 30, 2016. P. 77–93).