Earthquakes: Simulations, Sources and Tsunamis
Tiampo, Kristy F. / Weinstein, Stuart A. / Weatherley, Dion K.
In recent years, large earthquakes in the circum-Pacific region have repeatedly demonstrated its particular vulnerability to this potentially devastating natural hazard, including the M ~ 9.2 Northern Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004 which resulted in the deaths of nearly 300, 000 people. In the late-1990s, major advancements in seismic research greatly added to the understanding of earthquake fault systems, as large quantities of new an...