From earthquake size to far-field tsunami amplitude: Development of a simple formula and application to DART buoy data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 340-356

  Okal, Emile A ^a   Reymond, Dominique ^b   Hébert, Hélène ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Early warning; Pacific ocean; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; EARLY WARNING; FAR-FIELD TSUNAMI; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; IRREGULAR BATHYMETRIES; LOGARITHMIC UNITS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; AZIMUTH; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890873122     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt328     Document Type: Article

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