Witter et al. (2016) found evidence for 6 tsunamis in the past 1700 years at Sedanka Island. The 1957 tsunami stranded drift logs >18 m asl and 800 m inland. Large Aleutian tsunamis occur every 320 yrs in this presently creeping part of the megathrust h
Fascinating research by @iraluq linking regional tsunamis with Yup’ik oral histories that tell of a Tununak village in western Alaska destroyed by tsunami. Here is more data for your project: https://t.co/TX4sJzePZl
RT @DocTerremoto: @seismo_steve Very close to the boundary between locked and creeping sections of Aleutian subduction (fig from Witter et…
RT @DocTerremoto: @seismo_steve Very close to the boundary between locked and creeping sections of Aleutian subduction (fig from Witter et…