NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS

TSUNAMI



CATALOGUE OF CARIBBEAN TSUNAMI
by James Lander, Boulder, CO, USA
"Caribbean Tsunamis: An Initial History"


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ABSTRACT
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INTRODUCTION
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Methods
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Observations
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DISCUSSION
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CONCLUSIONS
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REFERENCES (1)
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REFERENCES (2)
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REFERENCES (3)
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REFERENCES (4)
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TABLE 1:
Preliminary List of Caribbean Tsunami
1530 - 1692
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1692 - 1755
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1761 - 1775
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1775 - 1802
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1802 - 1831
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1831 - 1843
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1843 - 1857
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1857 - 1874
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1974 - 1907
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1907 - 1918
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1918 continued
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1918 - 1946
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1946 - 1991
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1991 continued
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TABLE 2:
Examples of historical earthquakes
in the Caribbean associated with
hurricanes or storms
prior to 1876
1766 - 1826
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1827 - 1867
TABLE 3:
Tsunamis causing fatalities,
1692 - 1946
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FIGURE 1:
Tsunamis of the Caibbean Sea
(1530 - 1996)
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FIGURE 2:
Hurricane Gloria and
Earthquakes, 1985
FIGURE 3:
Hurricane Hugo and
Eartquakes, 1989
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FIGURES 4 and 5:
captions only
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FIGURE 5:
travel time chart for
a tsunami generated at the
trench west of Martinique
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FIGURE 6:
travel time chart showing
the time a wave needs to reach
Charlotte Amalie (USVI)
from locations around the
Caribbean



first version: 19990725 BLO

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