Preliminary Early Report on the
Mw7.0 - Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan tsunami
Laboratory of Remote
Sensing and Geoinformatics for Disaster Management,
International
Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
Introduction
A magnitude of Mw7.0 earthquake occurred Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on November 22, 2016 at 05:59:58 JST (NIED).
We have simulated the tsunami generated using a focal mechanism according to NIED
Preliminary Tsunami simulation results
Updated at Tue Nov 22 12:17:48 2016
Initial conditions
Latitude: 37.3 deg
Longitude: 141.5 deg
Focal Depth: 11.00 (km)
Estimated Magnitude: 7.0
Parameters for simulation. Estimated from Papazachos(2004)
Length: 70.0 (km)
Width: 45.0 (km)
Slip: 1.00 (m)
The star shows the location of the epicenter. Click on the image to enlarge.
Propagation simulation
Tsunami numerical modeling is performed by using linear shalllow water theory on cartesian coordinates
with bathymetry/topography grid data of 30 arc-sec from GEBCO.
- Governing Equation : Linear Shallow Water Equations
- Numerical Scheme : Leap-frog Finite Difference Method
- Spatial Grid Size : 30 arc-sec
Tsunami propagation
Maximum tsunami heights
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Near Sea Level Stations:
News related to the event
CNN
BBC
References
Mw7.0 - Off Fukushima, Japan (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program)
Contact (Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics for Disaster Management)
Bruno Adriano, JSPS Fellow Researcher (adriano@irides.tohoku.ac.jp)
Erick Mas, Associate Professor (mas@irides.tohoku.ac.jp)
Shunichi Koshimura, Professor (koshimura@irides.tohoku.ac.jp)
Other useful links
International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
(IRIDeS)
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC)