By Jason R. Patton, Ross Stein, and Volkan Sevilgen.
October 2018, Temblor.net
A tsunami following the M = 7.5 earthquake in central Sulawesi, Indonesia yesterday caused many casualties yet remains an enigma until more data can be collected and analytical results are compiled.
We do know that there was an earthquake with strong ground shaking, which is what we consider to be the warning of a possible tsunami: the ground shaking.
The actual tsunami run-up elevations are yet to be determined in a quantitative manner. In the coming weeks post tsunami survey teams will collect these important data about how large the tsunami actually was, its inland extent and the timing of wave arrivals. There are reports of wave heights between 7 feet and 18 feet, but these have yet to be substantiated with “boots on the ground” observations by subject matter experts as part of a post-tsunami survey. Some examples of the products of these post-tsunami responses are posted here at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Read the full Report: Tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia, triggered by earthquake, landslide, or both
