Caribbean Tsunami and Earthquake Hazards Studies

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• Introduction

• Background

• Studies

• New sea floor map of the Puerto Rico Trench
  
  
• Stress interaction and earthquake hazards 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
  
  

• Publications

• Data

• Final Report and Archive of the Swath Bathymetry and Ancillary Data Collected in the Puerto Rico Trench Region


• Project PROBE Leg II: Final Report and Archive of Swath Bathymetric Sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected in the Puerto Rico Trench

• News

Related Links

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