Perspectives on Tsunami Hazard Reduction: Observations, Theory and Planning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Tsunami Observations

   1. Coastal Effects and Damage Due to the 3rd June, 1994 Java Tsunami

      • Alessandra Maramai, Stefano Tinti

      Pages 1-20

   2. Expert Tsunami Database for the Pacific: Motivation, Design, and Proof-of-Concept Demonstration

      • V. K. Gusiakov, An. G. Marchuk, A. V. Osipova

      Pages 21-34

   3. Local Responses to the October 4, 1994 Tsunami Warning: Washington, Oregon, California

      • Jane Preuss

      Pages 35-45

   4. Precise Tsunami Observation System in Deep Ocean by an Ocean Bottom Cable Network for the Prediction of Earthquakes and Tsunamis

      • S. I. Iwasaki, T. Eguchi, Y. Fujinawa, E. Fujita, I. Watabe, E. Fukuyama et al.

      Pages 47-66

3. Tsunami Theory

   1. Asperity Distribution of Alaskan-Aleutian Earthquakes: Implications for Seismic and Tsunami Hazards

      • Jean M. Johnson, Kenji Satake

      Pages 67-81

   2. Numerical Simulation of 1993 July 12 Tsunami Near Hokkaido; Its Propagation and Flooding onto Aonae District, Okushiri Island

      • T. Yamashita, T. Takabayashi, Y. Tsuchiya

      Pages 83-97

   3. Inverse and Forward Modeling of the 1993 Hokkaido Tsunami

      • Kenji Satake, Yuichiro Tanioka

      Pages 99-113

   4. Numerical Simulations of the 1627 Gargano Tsunami (Southern Italy) to Locate the Earthquake Source

      • S. Tinti, A. Piatanesi, A. Maramai

      Pages 115-131

   5. Tsunami Detection and Warning Capability Using Nearshore Submerged Pressure Transducers — Case Study of the 4 October 1994 Shikotan Tsunami

      • David D. McGehee, James P. McKinney

      Pages 133-143

   6. Short-Term Forecasts of Inundation during Teletsunamis in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean

      • H. O. Mofjeld, F. I. Gonzalez, J. C. Newman

      Pages 145-155

   7. A Natural Warning of Tsunami Arrival

      • N. Shuto

      Pages 157-173

4. Tsunami Hazard Planning

   1. The New Tsunami Warning System of the Japan Meteorological Agency

      • Hidee Tatehata

      Pages 175-188

   2. Reducing Tsunami Hazards along U.S. Coastlines

      • E. N. Bernard

      Pages 189-203

5. Overview

   1. A Long-Term Perspective

      • Gerald T. Hebenstreit

      Pages 205-214

6. Back Matter

   Pages 215-218

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The promontory of Gargano in the southern Adriatic Sea represents one of the most interesting Italian coastal zones subjected to tsunami hazard. Figure la gives the geographical map of Italy; with a box embracing the region of Gargano; details of that region are in turn sketched in Figure lb. Because of the incompleteness of the earthquake and tsunami catalogues, no reports on tsunamis in this area are available prior to 1600 AD. The Gargano events have been recently revised in order to establish their reliability and to attain the phenomenological reconstruction of the tsunamis (Guidoboni and Tinti, 1987 and 1988; Tinti et. al. , 1995). This work fits the general purpose of assessing tsunami hazard along the Italian coasts and represents a continuation of a previous study, where the first quantitative description of the 1627 tsunami from a numerical modeling viewpoint was performed (Tinti and Piatanesi, 1996). The earthquake took place on 30 July 1627 about mid-day and was followed by four large aftershocks. It claimed more than 5,000 victims and destroyed completely numerous villages in the northern Gargano area, with the most severe damage located between S. Severo and Lesina. The earthquake excited a tsunami with the most impressive effects in proximity of the Lesina Lake where the most reliable contemporary chronicles report about an initial sea water withdrawal of about 2 miles and a subsequent penetration inland.

• Coast
• Earthquake
• Ocean
• Oceanography
• Pacific Ocean
• Tsunami
• hydrogeology
• ecotoxicology

`... encompasses a diverse set of topics, the papers are generally well written and should be a valuable source of information for students, researchers, and tsunami hazard planners.'
Pure and Applied Geophysics, 154 (1999)

• Science Applications International Corporation, Ocean Sciences Operation, McLean, USA

  Gerald Hebenstreit

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