Reconstructing the 1867 Keelung Earthquake and Tsunami Based on Historical Documents

On 18 December 1867 a disastrous earthquake struck off northern Taiwan and generated a tsunami that caused hundreds of deaths. At that time, with little information available, people could not be expected to identify the mechanism of the1867 Keelung earthquake or the subsequent tsunami. To reconstru...

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Main Authors: Shih-Nan Cheng, Chen-Fang Shaw, Yeong Tein Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Geoscience Union 2016-06-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access:http://tao.cgu.org.tw/index.php/articles/archive/geophysics/item/download/2164_ebb376ae29e55e12c3953d7eec0870e2