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From: Examination of the largest-possible tsunamis (Level 2) generated along the Nankai and Suruga troughs during the past 4000 years based on studies of tsunami deposits from the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

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Locality map. a The Japan Islands, showing the plate configuration and the locations of the studied areas. EU Eurasia Plate, NA North American Plate, PAC Pacific Plate, PHS Philippine Sea Plate, 1 Epicenter of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0), 2 Epicenter of the 1944 Tonankai earthquake (Mw 8.2), 3 Epicenter of the 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake (M 8.4), 4 Epicenter of the 1707 Hoei earthquake (M 8.4). Dashed lines are plate boundaries. b Sites of previous studies of sandy tsunami deposits (numbers refer to those in Table 1) resulting from the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami and the 869 Jogan tsunami. c Flow height and runup height of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami, modified after Goto et al. (2012)

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