Abstract
Tsunamis are rare events compared with typhoons and floods but can be extremely devastating. In the past 100 years, 58 tsunamis have claimed more than 260,000 lives; averaging more than 4600 deaths per occurrence. This rate is much higher than any other natural disaster including storms (such as tropical cyclones), floods and earthquakes. This chapter includes brief explanation of physical processes of tsunami generation, propagation and inundation, and disaster mitigation measures with the facts and lessons of the past events.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 692-701 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128130810 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128130827 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 Jan 1 |
Keywords
- Damage
- Disaster management
- Evacuation
- Fault rupture
- Flow velocity
- Hazard map
- Indian ocean tsunami
- Natural hazards
- Physical oceanography
- Plate tectonics
- Sanriku tsunami
- Tohoku tsunami
- Tsunami
- Tsunami impact
- Tsunami inundation