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This work is funded by project ASTARTE—Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe, Grant 603839, 7th FP (ENV.2013.6.4-3).

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  1. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA, Rua C do Aeroporto, Lisbon, Portugal

    R. Omira

  2. Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    R. Omira, L. Matias & M. A. Baptista

  3. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, ISEL, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    M. A. Baptista

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Omira, R., Matias, L. & Baptista, M.A. Reply to Comment on “Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard in the Northeast Atlantic From Near- and Far-Field Tectonic Sources” by Fonseca (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2016). Pure Appl. Geophys. 174, 1127–1132 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1470-9

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