Modelling of Tsunami Propagation in the Vicinity of the French Coast of the Mediterranean

Efim Pelinovsky (), Christian Kharif (), Igor Riabov () and Marc Francius ()

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2002, vol. 25, issue 2, 135-159

Abstract: The problem of tsunami-risk for the French coast of the Mediterraneanis discussed. Historical data of tsunami manifestation on the French coast are described and analysed.Numerical simulation of potential tsunamis in the Ligurian Sea is done and the tsunami wave heightdistribution along the French coast is calculated. For the earthquake magnitude 6.8 (typical value forMediterranean) the tsunami phenomenon has a very local character. It is shown that the tsunami tide-gaugerecords in the vicinity of Cannes–Imperia present irregularoscillations with characteristic periodof 20–30 min and total duration of 10–20h.Tsunami propagating from the Ligurian sea to the west coastof France have significantly lesser amplitudes and they are more low-frequency (period of 40–50min).The effect of far tsunamis generated in the southern Italy and Algerian coast is studied also, thedistribution of the amplitudes along the French coast for far tsunamis is more uniform. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

Date: 2002
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