Caribbean tsunami and earthquake hazards studies

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Introduction

Background

Results

New sea floor map of the Puerto Rico Trench
Stress interaction and earthquake hazard for the northeast Caribbean
Submarine slope failures north of Puerto Rico and their tsunami potential
Hypothesis for the formation of the island of Puerto Rico and the collapse of the Puerto Rico Trench

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Puerto Rico tsunami warning and mitigation program
Puerto Rico Seismic Network
Tsunami Research at the USGS

(A) Side view of the uniformly tilted carbonate platform and the narrow shelf north of Puerto Rico. (B) Graphical representation of the method used to calculate the duration of the tilt event.

(A) Side view of the uniformly tilted carbonate platform and the narrow shelf north of Puerto Rico. The apparent terraces on land are an artifact of the low data resolution. (B) Graphical representation of the method used to calculate the duration of the tilt event.

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