Earthquake off Japan could generate strong tsunami arrays
| Type | Article | ||||||||
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| Date | 2005 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Hsu Shu-Kun1, Sibuet Jean-Claude2 | ||||||||
| Source | Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union (0096-3941) (American Geophysical Union (AGU)), 2005 , Vol. 86 , N. 17 , P. 169-170 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1029/2005EO170003 | ||||||||
| Abstract | The 26 December 2004 earthquake off Sumatra induced a disastrous tsunami that struck in South Asian countries. In a similar context, a potential great earthquake off Japan might occur and generate a strong tsunami in East Asia. The 2004 Sumatra earthquake is the second biggest earthquake (Mw = 9.3) recorded during the last century. It occurred at a depth of 20–30 km, close to an indentation of the Indonesian forearc (Figure l). The rupture propagated about 1200 km northward and terminated north of Andaman Islands. |
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