tectonics: tsunami risk management
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Tsunami Risk Management
Tsunami Generation
• Tsunamigenesis• Most generated at
subduction/convergent boundaries
• Most active is the Japan – Taiwan boundary
• Not all earthquakes generate tsunami, mostly over 6.5 richter
• Can also be from volcanic collapse or landslides
Impacts
• Two case studies boxing day tsunami
• Stromboli – 2002 and others
2004 Tsunami
Banda Aceh
Sri Lanka
Kalutara Beach
Drawback
Inundation by the wave
Detection
• Un-noticeable in open water – why?
• Wave length 150 to 250km
• Drawback before landfall
• Pacific Warning system
Famous Tsunamis• December 26, 2004: A massive
earthquake off the coast of Sumatra generates tsunami waves that wreck coastlines in 10 countries, killing more than 280,000 people.
• August 16, 1976: A tsunami hits the Moro Gulf region of the Philippines, killing 5,000 people.
• March 28, 1964: The Good Friday earthquake in Alaska creates a tsunami that envelopes the Alaskan coastline. The same tsunami also hits Oregon and California. A total of 132 people die.
• June 15, 1896: The 70-foot-high Sanriku tsunami strikes Japan, killing 26,000 people.
Tsunami Pictures
http://fohn.net/biggest-tsunami/The biggest tsunami’s of all time – 5 short case studies – try not to use the old ones!
Stromboli
Stromboli• 2002 tsunami
• 10m high
• Tsunamigenic source of a submarine and a sub-aerial landslide, created 2 waves
• Only affected Stromboli, no other regions suffered severe consequences
• Occurred 8 times since 1920
Stromboli Tectonics
morphology
Bathymetry
• Steep sloping NE flank
• Scar extends to 1700m bsl
• Slope is periodically overloaded and collapses (40 degrees, loose pc and lava)
Background to 2002
Stromboli 2002
Hazard Management
Management Techniques
• Standards – education, planning, hazard maps, monitoring and prediction
• Japan – Tsunami Walls (Tsu)• http://water.wikia.com/wiki/Tsunami• Slope stabilisation• Mitigation – setting of smaller
landlsides to minimise risk of big ones!
Management of Risk
• How do you manage tsunami risk?
• 10 Minutes – discuss in groups approaches to management using text book and modules and your own research
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