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Tsunami scenario triggered by a submarine landslide offshore of northern Sumatra Island and its hazard assessment
Haekal A. Haridhi
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries,
Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Research Center for Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Universitas Syiah
Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Institute of Earth Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Kuo Liang Wen
Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan,
Taiwan
Arif Mirza
Ocean Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Syamsul Rizal
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries,
Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Research Center for Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Syahrul Purnawan
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries,
Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Research Center for Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Ilham Fajri
Department of Capture Fisheries, Marine and Fisheries Polytechnic
Aceh, Great Aceh, Indonesia
Frauke Klingelhoefer
Ifremer, Department of Marine Geosciences, Plouzané, France
Char Shine Liu
Ocean Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chao Shing Lee
Institute of Geosciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
Crispen R. Wilson
ENC, Washington, D.C., USA
Tso-Ren Wu
Graduate Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National
Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Ichsan Setiawan
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries,
Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Research Center for Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Graduate School of Mathematics and Applied Sciences, Universitas
Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Van Bang Phung
Institute of Earth Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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The findings from historical reports and numerical studies suggest the 1781 Jiateng Harbor flooding and the 1782 tsunami should be two independent incidents. Local tsunamis generated in southwest Taiwan could be responsible for the 1781 flooding, while the existence of the 1782 tsunami remains doubtful. With the documents of a storm event on 22 May 1782, the possibility that the significant water level of the 1782 tsunami was caused by storm surges or multiple hazards could not be ignored.
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Short summary
Near the northern end of Sumatra, the horizontal movement Sumatran fault zone extended to its northern offshore. The movement of offshore fault segments trigger submarine landslides and induce tsunamis. Scenarios of a significant tsunami caused by the combined effect of an earthquake and its triggered submarine landslide at the coast were proposed in this study. Based on our finding, the landslide tsunami hazard assessment and early warning systems in this region should be urgently considered.
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