Revisiting the 2001 Peruvian earthquake and Tsunami impact along camana beach and the coastline using numerical modeling and satellite imaging

Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas, Shunichi Koshimura, Yushiro Fujii, Hideaki Yanagisawa, Miguel Estrada

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    Abstract

    On June 23, 2001, a moment magnitude Mw 8.4 earthquake occurred off the southern coast of Peru causing substantial damage to urban and agricultural areas. The tsunami generated by this earthquake reached up to 7 m run-up height and extended over 1.3 km inundation. This paper aims to revisit the impact of the 2001 Peruvian tsunami on the coastal area and its morphology along Camana city. The tsunami source is reconstructed through inversion of tsunami waveform records observed at several tide gauge stations and the impact is analyzed using the numerical result and moderate-resolution satellite images to calculate the inundation features in the coast. Finally we propose the tsunami source model suitable for further analysis of this event through tsunami numerical simulations. In addition, environmental changes, in particular the impact to vegetation areas, were evaluated using satellite imagery. An important reduction of agricultural areas due to tsunami impact and soil salinization was confirmed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCoastal Research Library
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages1-16
    Number of pages16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Publication series

    NameCoastal Research Library
    Volume14
    ISSN (Print)2211-0577
    ISSN (Electronic)2211-0585

    Keywords

    • Inversion
    • Modeling
    • Peru earthquake
    • Remote sensing
    • Tsunami source

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Oceanography
    • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
    • Nature and Landscape Conservation
    • Ecology

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