Scenario-based assessment of buildings' damage and population exposure due to earthquake-induced tsunamis for the town of Alexandria, Egypt

Pagnoni, G.; Armigliato, A.; Tinti, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2669-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2669-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2669-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

Research article

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17 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 17 Dec 2015

Scenario-based assessment of buildings' damage and population exposure due to earthquake-induced tsunamis for the town of Alexandria, Egypt

G. Pagnoni, A. Armigliato, and S. Tinti

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RC C1617: 'nhess-2015-209', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Sep 2015
- AC C2379: 'Reply to comments by Referee 1', Gianluca Pagnoni, 27 Nov 2015
RC C2092: 'minor corrections', Paula Dunbar, 20 Oct 2015
- AC C2385: 'Reply to comments by Referee 2', Gianluca Pagnoni, 27 Nov 2015
AC C2377: 'Revised version of the paper', Gianluca Pagnoni, 27 Nov 2015

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We estimate the vulnerability of buildings and population exposure to tsunamis for the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The study is based on the worst-case tsunami scenario technique and focusses only on tsunamis induced by earthquakes. The results show that a 15km2 area can be inundated to the south-west of the port of Dekhila. More than 165 000 residents could be exposed and over 13400 buildings could be affected, hundreds of which could sustain damage, ranging from light damage to total collapse.