Tsunami Hazard Assessment on the Egyptian Coast of the Mediterranean
IZVESTIYA ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC PHYSICS, vol.55, no.5, pp.462-469, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 55 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.1134/s000143381905013x
- Journal Name: IZVESTIYA ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC PHYSICS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.462-469
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Tsunami forecast possibilities for areas with a small base of historical tsunamis have been discussed using the Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) method, which is based on a statistical analysis of a sufficiently large number of real and predictive earthquakes with a subsequent calculation of possible tsunami waves. This method has been used for a long-term tsunami hazard assessment on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The predicted wave heights have been shown to vary along the coastline due to the inhomogeneity of the coastal topography and specific features of the tsunami radiation pattern in the sea. The predicted wave heights for 1000 years vary in the range between 0.8 and 3.4 m.