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Tsunamis Can Travel Inland for Miles

"“Even in the Portland area residents could feel the affects of a tsunami,” said Yeh. “Although this affect is going to be very small, it is going to be measurable.” Yeh recently returned from Japan where he witnessed the results of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country, including how the recent tsunami traveled up the Kitakami River." - excerpt from Breaking Waves, an Oregon Sea Grant publication.

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