Historical and Recent Catastrophic Tsunamis in the World

Introduction.- From 3-Hz P waves to 0S2: No evidence of a slow component to the source of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.- On the application of Mwp in the near field and the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake.- Lessons learned from the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami: Performance of tsunami countermeasures, coastal buildings, and tsunami evacuation in Japan.- The 11 March 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami: Tsunami effects on coastal infrastructure and buildings.- The 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami survey in Rikuzentakata and comparison with historical events.- Salinity in soils and tsunami deposits in areas affected by the 2010 Chile and 2011 Japan tsunamis.- Satellite data for a rapid assessment of tsunami inundation areas after the 2011 Tohoku tsunami.- Coastal sedimentation associated with the Tohoku tsunami of 11 March 2011 in South Kuril Islands, NW Pacific Ocean.- Manifestation of the 2011 Great Tohoku tsunami on the coast of the Kuril Islands: A tsunami with ice.- Tide-tsunami interaction in Columbia River, as implied by historical data and numerical simulations.- Observations and impacts from the 2010 Chilean and 2011 Japanese tsunamis in California (USA).- Frequency domain response at Pacific coast harbors to major tsunamis of 2005-2011.- The 2010 and 2011 tsunamis in French Polynesia: Operational aspects and field surveys.- Coastal impacts of the March 11th Tohoku, Japan tsunami in the Galapagos Islands.- Effects of the March 2011 Japanese tsunami in bays and estuaries of SE Australia.- Observations, effects and real time assessment of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami in New Zealand.- Comparison of the 2010 Chile and 2011 Japan tsunamis in the far field.- Waveform and spectral analyses of the 2011 Japan tsunami records on tide gauge and DART stations across the Pacific Ocean.- Japan's 2011 tsunami: Characteristics of wave propagation from observations and numerical modeling.- Modeling of the 2011 Japan tsunami: Lessons for near-field forecast.- Numerical simulation of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami based on a new transient FEM co-seismic source: Comparison to far- and near-field observations.... Mehr