The 1997 Kronotsky earthquake and tsunami and their predecessors, Kamchatka, Russia

Bourgeois, Joanne; Pinegina, Tatiana K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-335-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-335-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-335-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

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23 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 23 Jan 2018

The 1997 Kronotsky earthquake and tsunami and their predecessors, Kamchatka, Russia

Joanne Bourgeois and Tatiana K. Pinegina

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RC1: 'comments on the manuscript', Maria Serafina Barbano, 18 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Response to review by S. Barbano', Joanne Bourgeois, 31 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review comments by Rob Witter', Robert C. Witter, 19 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Joanne Bourgeois, 31 Oct 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Nov 2017) by Ira Didenkulova

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The 5 Dec 1997 magnitude 7.8 Kronotsky earthquake and tsunami occurred on a dark night in an unpopulated area. A limited (Dec 97) post-tsunami survey found relatively small run-up, which influenced some earthquake analyses. Years later, to our surprise, we discovered an extensive tsunami deposit up to 9 m above sea level on an unexplored coastal sector. Our tsunami runup data require reevaluation of earthquake rupture location and characteristics, and of the northern Kamchatka subduction zone.