Re-examination of the Potential for Great Earthquakes along the Aleutian Island Arc with Implications for Tsunamis in Hawaii

Research Article| January 01, 2012 Re-examination of the Potential for Great Earthquakes along the Aleutian Island Arc with Implications for Tsunamis in Hawaii Rhett Butler Rhett Butler Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology University of Hawaii at Manoa 1680 East-West Road, POST 602 Honolulu, Hawaii 96821 U.S.A.rhett@soest.hawaii.edu University of Hawai'i at Manoa Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2012) 83 (1): 29–38. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.83.1.29 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Rhett Butler; Re-examination of the Potential for Great Earthquakes along the Aleutian Island Arc with Implications for Tsunamis in Hawaii. Seismological Research Letters 2012;; 83 (1): 29–38. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.83.1.29 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Hawaii is threatened by tsunamis from circum-Pacific earthquakes and has been hit by major tsunamis from great earthquakes in the prior century in Kamchatka (1952), the Aleutians (1946 and 1957), Chile (1960), and Alaska (1964). Of these, tsunamis generated from great earthquakes along the Alaska-Aleutian Island arc are of particular concern due to their short (4.5–hour) propagation time to Hawaii, which presents the most limited time for coastal evacuation. Historically, the Aleutian earthquakes of 1946 and 1957 produced the largest tele-tsunamis observed in Hawaii (Lander and Lockridge 1989). The 1946 event (Mw 8.6) killed 159 people with... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.