Source mechanism of the tsunamis of 19 a
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George Pararas-Carayannis
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Article
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1988
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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The major earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale which struck the west coast of Mexico on Thursday 19 September 1985, generated a small tsunami. A major aftershock on 21 September, with a magnitude of 7.5 also produced a small tsunami. Both tsunamis propagated across the Pacific and were reco