Science Features » tsunami hazards http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features Highlighted USGS science Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Reducing Tsunami Hazards http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/reducing-tsunami-hazards/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/reducing-tsunami-hazards/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:02:46 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/?p=127644  

Building damaged by the tsunami in Yuriage, Japan.

Building damaged by the tsunami in Yuriage, Japan.

To better understand and reduce tsunami hazards, USGS scientists examined sediment deposited by the tsunami in and around Sendai, Japan, as part of an international tsunami survey team organized by Japanese scientific cooperators.

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]]> http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/reducing-tsunami-hazards/feed/ 0 tsunami_damage Building damaged by the tsunami in Yuriage, Japan.