Assessment of tsunami hazards for the Central American Pacific coast from southern Mexico to northern Peru

Central America (CA), from Guatemala to Panama, has been struck by at least 52 tsunamis between 1539 and 2013, and in the extended region from Mexico to northern Peru (denoted as ECA, Extended Central America in this paper) the number of recorded tsunamis in the same time span is more than 100, most...

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Main Authors: B. Brizuela, A. Armigliato, S. Tinti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-07-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/14/1889/2014/nhess-14-1889-2014.pdf