Possible Mechanism for the Tsunami-Related Fires That Occurred at Aonae Harbor on Okushiri Island in the 1993 Hokkaido Nansei-Oki Earthquake

In this paper, we investigate the mysterious tsunami fires that occurred at Aonae Harbor on Okushiri Island during the 1993 Hokkaido Nansei-Oki earthquake. Specifically, five fishing boats moored separately from each other in the harbor suddenly caught fire and burned nearly simultaneously with the...

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Main Authors: Yuji Enomoto, Tsuneaki Yamabe, Shigeki Sugiura, Hitoshi Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/6/253