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Tsunami of December 2004

Tsunami of December 2004. Gravity Wave Propagation?. Background. Origin: 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004 Earthquake with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Magnitude 9.1-9.3 second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph.

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Tsunami of December 2004

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  1. Tsunami of December 2004 Gravity Wave Propagation?

  2. Background • Origin: 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004 • Earthquake with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. • Magnitude 9.1-9.3 • second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. • longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. • Entire planet vibrated as much as 1 cm (0.5 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. • Sea bed estimated to have risen by several meters, displacing an estimated 30 km³ (7 cu mi) • The wave reached a height of 24 m when coming ashore along large stretches of the coastline, rising to 30 m (100 ft) in some areas when travelling inland. (Source: Wikipedia and references therein)

  3. Travel Times (Source: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Active Fault Research Center )

  4. Travel Times (Source: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Active Fault Research Center )

  5. 4 Tasks • Propagation to Sri Lanka – what is the depth of the ocean? • Propagation to Madagascar – consistent with being a gravity wave? • What’s going on in the (slow) propagation to Thailand? • Can we deduce the height of some mid-ocean ridges? (Figures source: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Active Fault Research Center )

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