Title | Tsunami risk for insurance portfolios from megathrust earthquakes in Cascadia Subduction Zone |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Farahani, R. J., J. Woessner, S. Bingi, I. Charvet, Ch. Williams, M. Nyst, and M. Masuda |
Secondary Title | World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16th) |
Pagination | p.1-12 |
Date Published | 2017, Jan.9-13 |
Conference Location | Santiago, Chile |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
Keywords | Cape Mendicino (Ca.), coastal hazards, Crescent City (Ca.), earthquakes, Humboldt Bay (Ca.), Long Beach (Wa.), mathematical modeling, Newport (Or.), Seaside (Or.), tsunamis |
Notes | This paper is one step in a process to develop for the insurance industry “a comprehensive tsunami risk assessment for coastal cities on west of USA and [to] improve the risk management due to large tsunamis.” The authors developed tsunami hazard maps for the West Coast and modeled many different factors including subsidence and uplift. Colored maps, charts. p.1-12. |
URL | https://tinyurl.com/ycmslwc8 |