Augustine Volcano as Tsunami Generator

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 9, 2014   The Arctic and Alaska Science  

On Oct. 6, 1883, this entry was in the Alaska Commercial Company logbook at an English Bay trading post, located about 50 miles northeast of Augustine volcano: “This morning at 8:15 o’clock, 4 tidal waves flowed with a westerly current, one following the other . . . the sea rising 20 feet above the usual […]