Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2031-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2031-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
Research article
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06 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2023

Seismogenic potential and tsunami threat of the strike-slip Carboneras fault in the western Mediterranean from physics-based earthquake simulations

José A. Álvarez-Gómez, Paula Herrero-Barbero, and José J. Martínez-Díaz

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The strike-slip Carboneras fault is one of the largest sources in the Alboran Sea, with it being one of the faster faults in the eastern Betics. The dimensions and location of the Carboneras fault imply a high seismic and tsunami threat. In this work, we present tsunami simulations from sources generated with physics-based earthquake simulators. We show that the Carboneras fault has the capacity to generate locally damaging tsunamis with inter-event times between 2000 and 6000 years.
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