The 29 september 2009 Samoa Islands Tsunami: Simulations based on the first focal mechanism solutions and implications on Tsunami early warning strategies

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 1113-1123

  Tonini, Roberto ^a   Armigliato, Alberto ^a   Tinti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Outer rise earthquakes; Samoa; Tsunami; Tsunami early warning systems; Tsunami forecast; Tsunami modeling

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; TIDE GAGES; TSUNAMIS;

OUTER-RISE EARTHQUAKES; SAMOA; TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS; TSUNAMI FORECAST; TSUNAMI MODELS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI EVENT;

AMERICAN SAMOA; SAMOA;

EID: 79955578323     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0221-y     Document Type: Article

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