Alaska Tsunami Hazard Maps and Modeling Slides
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Seismically Glacial Near-field active plate fjords tsunami hazard boundary 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake 2015, Taan Fjord 92% of fatalities 193 m runup were due to 4th largest tsunamis 76% of them 1958, Lituya Bay were due to 524 m runup local landslide WORLD RECORD tsunamis 1946 1936, Lituya Bay Earthquake 149 m runup Tsunami killed 5th largest 159 in Hilo, HI Barry Arm slide and 5 in Unimak Island, AK when??? History of the product line: 1998 - 2021 High-resolution maps and reports 2018 Update 1998 Regional maps 2014 Maritime 2016 Pedestrian Subsidence Brochures 2020 FY 2019-2020 project areas A l a s k a Bering Sea Seward Bristol Bay Kodiak Is. Gulf of Alaska Regional tsunami hazard assessment: Bristol Bay Bristol Bay Tectonic and landslide tsunami sources Maximum tsunami energy Tectonic tsunamis Landslide tsunamis Tsunami hazard is higher than expected Nelson Lagoon Platinum High-resolution modeling: Kodiak villages • Regional tsunami hazard assessment was completed in 2018 • In FY2019-2020 project period, we performed high- resolution modeling and mapping for 7 Kodiak communities. From regional assessment to high-resolution maps Regional tsunami hazard High-resolution tsunami assessment inundation map Visiting Kodiak communities New tsunami shelter in Chiniak New tsunami shelter in Ouzinkie Updating tsunami hazard map of Seward 1964 inundation • The previous report was published before Old report the 2011 Tohoku tsunami. New sources • We made a new set of potential tsunami sources that include large amount of slip in the shallow part of the megathrust, similar to that in the Tohoku earthquake. • We also consider splay faults that have been mapped offshore Kenai Peninsula. • The new inundation zone is more consistent with the Seward map in the ASCE Tsunami Hazard Tool. Publication of reports Tsunami hazard maps in your phone tsunami.alaska.edu.