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Tsunamis: 1992–1994

Their Generation, Dynamics, and Hazard

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Editors:
  1. Fumihiko Imamura

    1. Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-88, Japan

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  2. Kenji Satake

    1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction to “Tsunamis: 1992–94”

    • Kenji Satake, Fumihiko Imamura
    Pages 373-379

  3. Analysis and Automatic Processing in Near-field of Eight 1992–1994 Tsunamigenic Earthquakes: Improvements Towards Real-time Tsunami Warning

    • F. Schindelé, D. Reymond, E. Gaucher, E. A. Okal
    Pages 381-408

  4. Edge Wave and Non-trapped Modes of the 25 April 1992 Cape Mendocino Tsunami

    • F. I. González, K. Satake, E. F. Boss, H. O. Mofjeld
    Pages 409-426

  5. Ocean Cable Measurements of the Tsunami Signal from the 1992 Cape Mendocino Earthquake

    • D. J. Thomson, L. J. Lanzerotti, C. G. Maclennan, L. V. Medford
    Pages 427-440

  6. Source Characteristics of the 1992 Nicaragua Tsunami Earthquake Inferred from Teleseismic Body Waves

    • Masayuki Kikuchi, Hiroo Kanamori
    Pages 441-453

  7. Linear and Nonlinear Computations of the 1992 Nicaragua Earthquake Tsunami

    • Kenji Satake
    Pages 455-470

  8. Magnitude Scale for the Central American Tsunamis

    • Tokutaro Hatori
    Pages 471-479

  9. Damage to Coastal Villages due to the 1992 Flores Island Earthquake Tsunami

    • Yoshinobu Tsuji, Hideo Matsutomi, Fumihiko Imamura, Minoru Takeo, Yoshiaki Kawata, Masafumi Matsuyama et al.
    Pages 481-524

  10. Coastal Sedimentation Associated with the December 12th, 1992 Tsunami in Flores, Indonesia

    • Shaozhong Shi, Alastair G. Dawson, David E. Smith
    Pages 525-536

  11. Modeling the Seismic Source and Tsunami Generation of the December 12, 1992 Flores Island, Indonesia, Earthquake

    • Dannie Hidayat, Jeffrey S. Barker, Kenji Satake
    Pages 537-554

  12. Numerical Simulation of the 1992 Flores Tsunami: Interpretation of Tsunami Phenomena in Northeastern Flores Island and Damage at Babi Island

    • Fumihiko Imamura, Edison Gica, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Nobuo Shuto
    Pages 555-568

  13. Laboratory Experiments of Tsunami Runup on a Circular Island

    • Michael J. Briggs, Costas E. Synolakis, Gordon S. Harkins, Debra R. Green
    Pages 569-593

  14. Tsunami Trapping near Circular Islands

    • Stefano Tinti, Cesare Vannini
    Pages 595-619

  15. Source Model of Noto-Hanto-Oki Earthquake Tsunami of 7 February 1993

    • Kuniaki Abe, Masami Okada
    Pages 621-631

  16. Two 1993 Kamchatka Earthquakes

    • Jean M. Johnson, Yuichiro Tanioka, Kenji Satake, Larry J. Ruff
    Pages 633-647

  17. Field Survey of the 1993 Hokkaido Nansei-Oki Earthquake Tsunami

    • N. Shuto, H. Matsutomi
    Pages 649-663

  18. Field Survey Report on Tsunami Disasters Caused by the 1993 Southwest Hokkaido Earthquake

    • Toshihiko Shimamoto, Akito Tsutsumi, Eiko Kawamoto, Masahiro Miyawaki, Hiroshi Sato
    Pages 665-691

  19. Onshore Tsunami Deposits Caused by the 1993 Southwest Hokkaido and 1983 Japan Sea Earthquakes

    • Hiroshi Sato, Toshihiko Shimamoto, Akito Tsutsumi, Eiko Kawamoto
    Pages 693-717

  20. Tsunami Deposits from the 1993 Southwest Hokkaido Earthquake and the 1640 Hokkaido Komagatake Eruption, Northern Japan

    • Yuichi Nishimura, Naomichi Miyaji
    Pages 719-733
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About this book

The 1993 Southwest Hokkaido Earthquake of Magnitude 7. 9 (July 12, 22: 17 JST) caused serious tsunami disasters in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, particularly on Okushiri Island (a tiny island off the southwest coast of Hokkaido with a population of about 4,500 at the time of earthquake). Of 230 casualties, including 28 missing, about 200 deaths are attributable to the tsunami. We have conducted detailed field surveys of tsunami disasters to learn lessons from this costly natural experiment for the future prevention of similar tsunami disasters. Our field work was conducted in four surveys totaling 39 days. During the first field survey (July 16 through July 21, 1994), we worked mostly on the estimation of the subsidence of Okushiri Island during the earthquake. Hence, our main work on tsunami disasters initiated from the second field survey (July 31 through Aug. 15, 1994). Several groups have conducted detailed surveys of the distribution of tsunami runup height as measured from the level of sea water (TsUJI et al. , 1 994a, b; MATSUTOMI and SHUTO, 1994; GOTO et al. , 1994). Such a precise runup height distribution is essential for characterizing tsunami, including its overall size. Indeed, the height distribution is the fundamental data for inferring earthquake source parameters through the simulation of tsunami generation (TAKAHASHI et al. , 1994; IMAMURA et al. , 1994; TSUJI et al. , 1994a; SATAKE and TANIOKA 1994; ABE, 1994; TANIOKA et al. , in review).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-88, Japan

    Fumihiko Imamura

  • Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Kenji Satake

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tsunamis: 1992–1994

  • Book Subtitle: Their Generation, Dynamics, and Hazard

  • Editors: Fumihiko Imamura, Kenji Satake

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7279-9

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5102-1Published: 01 August 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-7279-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 520

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

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