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accessInformation:	This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under Reimbursable Services Agreement ADN 0931000 with the State of Alaska's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (a division of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs). Some of the research in this report is sponsored by the Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research with funds from NOAA under cooperative agreement NA08OAR4320751 with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Numerical calculations for this work were supported by a grant of High Performance Computing (HPC) resources from the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We thank Sean Gulick for his incredibly comprehensive review that helped to improve the report, and also an anonymous reviewer for a number of insightful comments and suggestions.
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description:	In this report we evaluate potential tsunami hazards for the southeastern Alaska community of Yakutat and numerically model the extent of inundation from tsunami waves generated by tectonic and landslide sources. We use numerical modeling of historical tsunami events at Yakutat, such as the tsunami triggered by the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, and the tsunami waves generated by the recent 2011 Tohoku earthquake, to verify the tsunami model. Potential hypothetical tsunami sources include variations of the extended 1964 rupture, megathrust earthquakes in the Prince William Sound and Alaska Peninsula regions, and earthquakes in the Yakataga-Yakutat area, including the historical September 10, 1899, earthquake. Local underwater landslide events in Monti Bay are also considered as possible tsunamigenic scenarios. Numerical modeling results, combined with historical observations in the region, are intended to provide guidance to local emergency management in tsunami hazard assessment, evacuation planning, and public education for the reduction of future tsunami hazard.
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title:	Yakutat - Max Inundation Line
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