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- ↑ Koji Minoura; Daisuke Sugawara; Tohru Yamanoi; Tsutomu Yamada (September 2015). "Aftereffects of Subduction-Zone Earthquakes: Potential Tsunami Hazards along the Japan Sea Coast". The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 237 (2): 91–102. doi: 10.1620/tjem.237.91 . PMID 26399180.
- ↑ Tokuji Utsuno, Etsuzo Shima, Toshiaki Yoshii, Kenichiro Yamashina, Encyclopedia of Earthquakes, Asakura Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-4254160536
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