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Be akamai—when in doubt, head mauka

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U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff and volunteers map run-up elevations and inundation distances of tsunami waves that reached the shores around Hawai‘i Island following the magnitude-9.0 earthquake in Japan. USGS Photo by Andrew R. Hara.

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