Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3419602s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 19, CiteID L19602
Physics
Geophysics
3
Oceanography: Physical: Tsunamis And Storm Surges, Geodesy And Gravity: Ocean Monitoring With Geodetic Techniques (1225, 1641, 3010, 4532, 4556, 4560, 6959), Seismology: Earthquake Source Observations (1240), Exploration Geophysics: Remote Sensing, Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling (0545, 0560)
Scientific paper
Different from the conventional approach to tsunami warnings that rely on earthquake magnitude estimates, we have found that coastal GPS stations are able to detect continental slope displacements of faulting due to big earthquakes, and that the detected seafloor displacements are able to determine tsunami source energy and scales instantaneously. This method has successfully replicated three historical tsunamis caused by the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, the 2005 Nias earthquake, and the 1964 Alaska earthquake, respectively, and has been compared favorably with the conventional seismic solutions that usually take hours or days to get through inverting seismographs. Because many coastal GPS stations are already in operation for measuring ground motions in real time as often as once every few seconds, this study suggests a practical way of identifying tsunamigenic earthquakes for early warnings and reducing false alarms.
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