Citation

Arcas D, Segur H. Philos. Transact. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 2012; 370(1964): 1505-1542.

Affiliation

NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98115-6349, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Royal Society Publishing)

DOI

10.1098/rsta.2011.0457

PMID

22393107

Abstract

People around the world know more about tsunamis than they did 10 years ago, primarily because of two events: a tsunami on 26 December 2004 that killed more than 200 000 people around the shores of the Indian Ocean; and an earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan on 11 March 2011 that killed nearly 15 000 more and triggered a nuclear accident, with consequences that are still unfolding. This paper has three objectives: (i) to summarize our current knowledge of the dynamics of tsunamis; (ii) to describe how that knowledge is now being used to forecast tsunamis; and (iii) to suggest some policy changes that might protect people better from the dangers of future tsunamis.

Language: en