Preliminary Early Report on the 157km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea tsunami
Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics for Disaster Management,
International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University

Introduction

On 03/30/2017 18:18:34 a Mw 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred.

Preliminary Tsunami simulation results

Updated at Fri Mar 31 04:45:25 2017

  • Initial conditions
  • Latitude: -5.76 deg
    Longitude: 151.55 deg
    Focal Depth: 10.00 (km)
    Estimated Magnitude: 5.0
    Parameters for simulation. Estimated from Papazachos(2004)
    Length: 3.63 (km)
    Width: 8.32 (km)
    Slip: 0.03 (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 inundation heights
  • Click on the image to enlarge

  • Near Sea Level Stations:

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    References

  • Mw 5.0 - 157km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program)

  • Contact (Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics for Disaster Management)

  • Erick Mas, Associate Professor (mas@irides.tohoku.ac.jp)
  • Bruno Adriano, JSPS Fellow (adriano@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)