EARTH 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: 1700 Cascadia Earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami

• School: U of M
• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Course: EARTH 108
• Professor: Eric Hetland

Document Summary

Lecture outline: 2011 japan tsunami, tsunami hazards, risk, & scenarios, 1960 chile earthquake and tsunami, tsunami early warning, 1700 cascadia earthquake. Tsunami hazard assessment: we have a good idea of where the sources of tsunamis occur, we have a good understanding of how tsunamis move across the globe, and this allows us to: Us had the second largest known earthquake. There was a 2 meter run-up along the west coast, 16 fatalities, ~million damage (1964 cost) fishing boats sunk in louisiana. The largest known earthquake had a run up to 5 meter run-up in hi, resulting in. The 1960 chile earthquake on 22 may 1960 had a moment magnitude of 9. 5. Dart: deep-ocean assessment and reporting of tsunamis. There is a sensor on the ocean floor measuring water pressure. The measurements are sent by acoustic signal to a buoy on the surface. The transmitter buoy sends the signal further to a satellite.