CONTRASTING RESULTS OF POTENTIAL TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN MUISNE, CENTRAL COAST OF ECUADOR

CONTRASTING RESULTS OF POTENTIAL TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN MUISNE, CENTRAL COAST OF ECUADOR

After the 7.8 Mw Earthquake occurred in Ecuador on April 16 of 2016, the Ecuadorian Government declared the whole Island of Muisne into a risk hazard zone by a potential Tsunami impact and subsequent flooding. Based on the emitted resolution, human settlements in the affected area were prohibited, a...

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Main Authors: Theofilos Toulkeridis, Humberto Parra1, Fernando Mato, Mario Cruz D’Howitt, Washington Sandova, Oswaldo Padilla Almeida, Willington Rentería, Fabián Rodríguez Espinosa, Rodolfo Salazar Martínez, Jessica Cueva Girón, Adriana Taipe Quispe, Lucía Bernaza Quiñonez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsunami Society International 2017-02-01
Series:Science of Tsunami Hazards
Subjects:
Tsunami modeling
seismic hazard
worst case scenario
GIS
relocation
Online Access:http://www.tsunamisociety.org/361ToulkeridisEtAl.pdf

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