Applying probabilistic methods to infrequent but devastating natural events is intrinsically
challenging. For tsunami analyses, a suite of geophysical assessments should be in …

In the last fifteen years, tsunami science has progressed at a rapid pace. Three major
tsunamis: The Indian Ocean in 2004, the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, and the 2018 Palu tsunami …

We report observations of water surface elevation, currents, and suspended sediment
concentration (SSC) from a 10‐m deep site on the inner shelf in northern Monterey Bay …

3 can be devastating, as was recently illustrated by the 2010 Mw7. 8 Mentawai earthquake.
This event struck offshore western Indonesia, created a tsunami with 5–9 m local run-up …

Paleotsunami records from the central Kuril Island segment of the Japan-Kuril-Kamchatka
subduction zone indicate that the region has been frequently inundated by tsunamis. As …

The global catalogue of tsunami events is examined to determine if transient variations in
tsunami rates are consistent with a Poisson process commonly assumed for tsunami hazard …

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 …

We review a number of events which, taken individually, have significantly affected our
understanding of the generation of tsunamis by earthquake sources and our efforts at …

Observations related to tsunami generation, propagation, and runup are reviewed and
described in a phenomenological framework. In the three coastal regimes considered (near …

In this introduction we briefly summarize the fourteen contributions to Part II of this special
issue on Tsunami Science Four Years After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. These papers …