A review of the rupture characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Mw 9.1 earthquake

T Lay - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2011 March 11 Tohoku-oki great (Mw 9.1) earthquake ruptured the plate
boundary megathrust fault offshore of northern Honshu with estimates of shallow slip of 50 m …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling of tsunami: Advances and future challenges after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

D Sugawara - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews achievements and findings from studies associated with numerical
modeling of tsunami since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and addresses challenges for …

How heterogeneous coseismic slip affects regional probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment: A case study in the South China Sea

L Li, AD Switzer, CH Chan, Y Wang… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rupture complexity, typically in the form of heterogeneous slip distribution pattern,
significantly affects the local tsunami wave field. However, the effect of rupture complexity is …

Accurate numerical simulation of the far-field tsunami caused by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, including the effects of Boussinesq dispersion, seawater density …

T Baba, S Allgeyer, J Hossen, PR Cummins… - Ocean Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, we considered the accurate calculation of far-field tsunami waveforms by using
the shallow water equations and accounting for the effects of Boussinesq dispersion …

Source properties and resonance characteristics of the tsunami generated by the 2021 M 8.2 Alaska earthquake

Y Wang, HY Su, Z Ren, Y Ma - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A tsunami was triggered in the North Pacific Ocean by the 2021 Alaska earthquake (M 8.2)
on July 29. We studied the source properties and resonance characteristics of the tsunami …

Tsunami early warning of the Hunga volcanic eruption using an ocean floor observation network off the Japanese Islands

Y Wang, K Imai, S Kusumoto… - … Society of America, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
On 15 January 2022, an eruption of Hunga volcano generated an air‐coupled tsunami that
propagated across the Pacific Ocean. The tsunami reached Japan approximately 7 hr after …

Meteorological tsunami generation due to sea‐surface pressure change: Three‐dimensional theory and synthetics of ocean‐bottom pressure change

T Saito, T Kubota, NY Chikasada… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although most tsunamis are generated by the sea‐bottom deformation caused by
earthquakes, some tsunamis are excited by sea‐surface pressure changes. This study …

Tsunami modeling for the deep sea and inside focal areas

T Saito, T Kubota - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews tsunami modeling and its relation to recent developments of deep-ocean
observations. Unlike near-coast observations, deep-ocean observations have enabled the …

Nonhydrostatic modeling of tsunamis from earthquake rupture to coastal impact

Y Yamazaki, Y Bai, LL Goo, KF Cheung… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
The last decade has seen the rapid emergence of nonhydrostatic modeling as an advanced
tool for studies of tsunami processes and source mechanisms that warrants a critical …

Wedge plasticity and a minimalist dynamic rupture model for the 2011 MW 9.1 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami

S Ma - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
One crucial yet unanswered question about the 2011 MW 9.1 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and
tsunami is what generated the largest tsunami (up to 40 m) along the Sanriku coast north of …