Articles | Volume 24, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3461-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3461-2024
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09 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2024

A brief history of tsunamis in the Vanuatu Arc

Jean H. M. Roger and Bernard Pelletier

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Sea level station monitoring facility VLIZ/IOC https://doi.org/10.14284/482

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We present a catalogue of tsunamis that occurred in the Vanuatu Arc. It has been built based on the analysis of existing catalogues, historical documents, and sea-level data from five coastal tide gauges. Since 1863, 100 tsunamis of local, regional, or far-field origins have been listed; 15 of them show maximum wave amplitudes and/or run-up heights of above 1 m, and 8 are between 0.3 and 1 m. Details are provided for particular events, including debated events or events with no known origin(s).
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