Worst scenarios of tsunami effects along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt |
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Authors: | Amr Z Hamouda |
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Institution: | (1) National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt |
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Abstract: | Scenarios of tsunami effects represent a very useful technique for the definition and evaluation of tsunami hazard and risk
for the Egyptian coast. This paper is an attempt to develop different worst scenarios of tsunamigenesis toward the Egyptian
Coast for five segment localities along three different sub-regions (Hellenic Arc, Cyprean Arc and Levantine Coast) in the
eastern Mediterranean Sea. These segments are the southwest Hellenic Arc, southeast Hellenic Arc, northeast Hellenic Arc,
west of Cyprean Arc and Levantine. For each of them, the scenario takes into account a seismic fault capable of generating
an earthquake with magnitude equal to or larger than the highest magnitude registered in that region in historical times.
Then the ensuing tsunamis are simulated numerically, highlighting the basic features of the wave propagation and roughly identifying
the coastal sectors that are expected to suffer the heaviest tsunami effects. The output data indicated that the first wave
of tsunamis from different segments attacked the nearest reference localities (city located nearest each segment) along the
Egyptian shore between 28 and 50 min after an earthquake. Tsunamis from these earthquake scenarios produced maximum run-up
heights ranging from 1.7 to 9.4 m at the shore. A Beirut Thrust scenario (Levantine segment) included the fact that only a
small portion of the fault extended out into the sea, leading to a small effective tsunami source area. In contrast, the southwest
Hellenic Arc segment (as in the A.D. 365 earthquake) has high displacement (15 m) and a long extensional fault, forming a
highly effective tsunami source area. |
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