Tsunamigenic potential of crustal faults and subduction zones in the Mediterranean.

ABSTRACT: We compiled a database and systematically evaluated tsunamigenic potential of all up-to-date known crustal fault systems and subduction zones in the entire Mediterranean region that has experienced several catastrophic tsunamis in historical times. The task is accomplished by means of numerical modeling of tsunami generation and propagation. We have systematically simulated all representative ruptures populating known crustal faults and subduction interfaces with magnitudes ranging from 6.1 up to expected Mw_max. Maximum tsunami heights calculated everywhere along the coasts allowed us to classify the sources in terms of their tsunamigenic potential and to estimate their minimum tsunamigenic magnitude. Almost every source in the Mediterranean, starting from Mw = 6.5, is capable t

SUBMITTER: Petricca P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6416261 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature