Machine learning-based tsunami inundation prediction derived from offshore observations

IE Mulia, N Ueda, T Miyoshi, AR Gusman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The world's largest and densest tsunami observing system gives us the leverage to develop
a method for a real-time tsunami inundation prediction based on machine learning. Our …

Investigating a tsunamigenic megathrust earthquake in the Japan Trench

S Kodaira, T Iinuma, K Imai - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Ten years have passed since the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake occurred in
the Japan Trench, where the Pacific plate subducts beneath the continental plate. The …

Twenty-five years of progress in the science of “geological” tsunamis following the 1992 Nicaragua and Flores events

EA Okal - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2019 - Springer
We review a set of 47 tsunamis of geological origin (triggered by earthquakes, landslides or
volcanoes) which have occurred over the past 25 years and provided significant new insight …

Deep embrittlement and complete rupture of the lithosphere during the Mw 8.2 Tehuantepec earthquake

D Melgar, A Ruiz-Angulo, ES Garcia, M Manea… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Subduction zones, where two tectonic plates converge, are generally dominated by large
thrust earthquakes. Nonetheless, normal faulting from extensional stresses can occur as …

Ground motions from the 7 and 19 September 2017 Tehuantepec and Puebla‐Morelos, Mexico, earthquakes

VJ Sahakian, D Melgar, L Quintanar… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2017 M 8.2 Tehuantepec and M 7.1 Puebla‐Morelos earthquakes were deep
inslab normal‐faulting events that caused significant damage to several central‐to‐southern …

Reassessment of the 1907 Sumatra “tsunami earthquake” based on macroseismic, seismological, and tsunami observations, and modeling

SS Martin, L Li, EA Okal, J Morin, AEG Tetteroo… - Pure and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
On 4 January 1907, an earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, with
an instrumental surface-wave magnitude (MS) in the range of 7.5–8.0 at periods of~ 40 s …

Environmental effects caused by the Mw 8.2, September 8, 2017, and Mw 7.4, June 23, 2020, Chiapas-Oaxaca (Mexico) subduction events: comparison of large …

MM Velázquez-Bucio, MF Ferrario, E Muccignato… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEEs) such as surface faulting, landslides,
liquefaction and tsunamis are widely distributed following strong seismic events and may …

Long‐lived tsunami edge waves and shelf resonance from the M8. 2 Tehuantepec earthquake

D Melgar, A Ruiz‐Angulo - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 8 September 2017 M8. 2 Tehuantepec, Mexico, earthquake ruptured an~ 150‐
km‐long high‐angle normal fault below the subduction zone megathrust. A tsunami was …

Energy and magnitude: a historical perspective

EA Okal - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2019 - Springer
We present a detailed historical review of early attempts to quantify seismic sources through
a measure of the energy radiated into seismic waves, in connection with the parallel …

Modeled Flooding by Tsunamis and a Storm Versus Observed Extent of Coral Erratics on Anegada, British Virgin Islands—Further Evidence for a Great Caribbean …

Y Wei, US ten Brink, BF Atwater - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models of near‐field tsunamis and an extreme hurricane provide further evidence
for a great precolonial earthquake along the Puerto Rico Trench. The models are …