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

Cover -- The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- 1 Unearthed earthquakes -- Earthquake potential -- Tsunami potential -- Flood stories -- Alaskan analog -- Sunken shores -- Sand sheets -- In harm's way -- Currents and cracks -- Magnitude 9? -- 2 The orphan tsunami -- Literate hosts -- Wetted places -- Primary sources -- Kuwagasaki -- Account in Morioka-han "Zassho" -- Words for waves -- Converting time -- Samurai scribes -- High ground -- Tsunami size -- Tsugaruishi -- Account in Moriai-ke "Nikki kakitome chō" -- Human error -- Social status -- Foreign waves -- Tsunami size -- Ōtsuchi -- Account in Morioka-han "Zassho" -- Report to Edo -- Collected writings -- Tsunami size -- Nakaminato -- Account in Ōuchi-ke "Go-yōdome" -- Certified loss -- Fair-weather waves -- Simulated waves -- Miho -- Account in "Miho-mura yöji oboe" -- Tidal waves -- Tsunami size -- Tanabe -- Account in "Tanabe-machi daichō" -- Tsunami size near a storehouse -- Tsunami size near Tanabe Bay -- Sawtooth cycles -- 3 The orphan's parent -- By elimination -- Tree-ring tests -- Magnitude 9 -- Muddy forecast -- High-enough ground -- Seismic waves -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- References -- Index -- Afterword, 2015.

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