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The 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami: Analysis of Tide Gauge Data from the World Ocean Part 1. Indian Ocean and South Africa

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Tsunami and Its Hazards in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

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The M w = 9.3 megathrust earthquake of December 26, 2004 off the northwest coast of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean generated a catastrophic tsunami that was recorded by a large number of tide gauges throughout the World Ocean. Part 1 of our study of this event examines tide gauge measurements from the Indian Ocean region, at sites located from a few hundred to several thousand kilometers from the source area. Statistical characteristics of the tsunami waves, including wave height, duration, and arrival time, are determined, along with spectral properties of the tsunami records.

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  1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ocean Sciences Division, Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, B.C., V8L 4B2, Canada

    Alexander B. Rabinovich & Richard E. Thomson

  2. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Nakhimovsky Prosp., Moscow, 117997, Russia

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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan

    Kenji Satake

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 60208-2150, USA

    Emile A. Okal

  3. Viterbi School of Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, USA

    José C. Borrero

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Rabinovich, A.B., Thomson, R.E. (2007). The 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami: Analysis of Tide Gauge Data from the World Ocean Part 1. Indian Ocean and South Africa. In: Satake, K., Okal, E.A., Borrero, J.C. (eds) Tsunami and Its Hazards in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8364-0_2

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