Tsunami Hazard and Risk in Canada
Tsunamis have occurred in Canada due to earthquakes, landslides, and a large chemical explosion. The Pacific coast is at greatest risk from tsunamis because of the high incidence of earthquakes and landslides in that region. The most destructive historical tsunamis, however, have been in Atlantic Ca...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:28:y:2003:i:2:p:435-463 2023-05-15T15:01:31+02:00 Tsunami Hazard and Risk in Canada John Clague Adam Munro Tad Murty http://hdl.handle.net/10.1023/A:1022994411319 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10.1023/A:1022994411319 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:31:28Z Tsunamis have occurred in Canada due to earthquakes, landslides, and a large chemical explosion. The Pacific coast is at greatest risk from tsunamis because of the high incidence of earthquakes and landslides in that region. The most destructive historical tsunamis, however, have been in Atlantic Canada – one in 1917 in Halifax Harbour, which was triggered by a catastrophic explosion on a munitions ship, and another in 1929 in Newfoundland, caused by an earthquake-triggered landslide at the edge of the Grand Banks. The tsunami risk along Canada's Arctic coast and along the shores of the Great Lakes is low in comparison to that of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Public awareness of tsunami hazard and risk in Canada is low because destructive tsunamis are rare events. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003 tsunami, hazard, risk, Canada Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Newfoundland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Arctic Canada Pacific |
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Tsunamis have occurred in Canada due to earthquakes, landslides, and a large chemical explosion. The Pacific coast is at greatest risk from tsunamis because of the high incidence of earthquakes and landslides in that region. The most destructive historical tsunamis, however, have been in Atlantic Canada – one in 1917 in Halifax Harbour, which was triggered by a catastrophic explosion on a munitions ship, and another in 1929 in Newfoundland, caused by an earthquake-triggered landslide at the edge of the Grand Banks. The tsunami risk along Canada's Arctic coast and along the shores of the Great Lakes is low in comparison to that of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Public awareness of tsunami hazard and risk in Canada is low because destructive tsunamis are rare events. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003 tsunami, hazard, risk, Canada |
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