Tsunami initial profile and maximum runup through earthquake source parameters

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Sharghivand N., KANOĞLU U.

Geophysical Journal International, vol.234, no.3, pp.2437-2445, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 234 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/gji/ggad171
  • Journal Name: Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Environment Index, Geobase, INSPEC, Metadex, zbMATH, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.2437-2445
  • Keywords: Earthquake source observations, N-wave, Rapid tsunami runup forecast, Tsunami warning, Tsunamis
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The 1992 September 1 Nicaragua tsunami manifested itself with an initial shoreline recession, resulting in a fundamental change in approach to define the initial waveform of tsunamis from a solitary wave to an N-wave. Here, we first fit N-wave profile to seafloor deformation for a large set of earthquake scenarios, assuming that the seafloor deformation resulting from an earthquake instantaneously transfers to the sea surface. Then, relating the N-wave parameters to the earthquake source parameters, we express the initial tsunami profile in terms of the earthquake source parameters. Further, we calculate the maximum tsunami runup through earthquake source parameters and test our results against field runup measurements for several events, observing good agreement.