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The 3/2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI in HAWAII

The 3/2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI in HAWAII. Charles Mader Mader Consulting Co. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA WWW.MCCOHI.com Cloud Storage http://is.gd/4NnP1Z. Japan Tsunamis. Over 195 tsunamis in 1,313 years – 1 event every 6.73 years. Sept 20, 1498 ~8.6 M earthquake

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The 3/2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI in HAWAII

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  1. The 3/2011 JAPAN TSUNAMIin HAWAII Charles Mader Mader Consulting Co. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA WWW.MCCOHI.com Cloud Storage http://is.gd/4NnP1Z

  2. Japan Tsunamis • Over 195 tsunamis in 1,313 years – 1 event every 6.73 years. Sept 20, 1498 ~8.6 M earthquake Great Buddha of Kamakura cast in bronze in 1252, 103 tons, 44 feet high, eyes 3 feet apart, located at 50 feet ASL and ½ mile from shore. Buddha moved by tsunami from its original site and temple destroyed.

  3. 3/11/2011 Earthquake - CalTech Japan Trench where subducting Pacific Plate is overridden by Okhotsk Plate. Fault slip 8-meter contours – 50 m max uplift – 250 km length, with 50-100 km over 30 m uplift “Instead of saying a large earthquake wouldn’t happen there, we should have said we didn’t know.” – Hiroo Kanamori

  4. Tsunami caused by uplift of the frontal sedimentary region on eastern margin as the island of Honshu moved 17 feet eastward. PMEL Source Death Toll 15,093 - 5/17/2011 Missing 9,093 Total 24,186 In Shelters 115,433 Uplift of ~25 meters

  5. Miyako Tsunami Barrier Tsunami Height – 11.5 meter, Seawall 7.6 meter Run-up heights of 19.5 and 25.5 meter, Over roof of 4th floor building near coast

  6. Miyako Tsunami http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBsihraeRO&NR=1

  7. Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant A 150 foot high splash as Tsunami impacts the turbine building, passes over its roof and strikes adjacent reactor building. The lower height structures including the diesel generators are already submerged Plant had a 19 foot high levee. The tsunami wave height was ~46 feet. http://www.vgb.org/vgbmultimedia/News/Fukushimav15VGB.pdf http://martynwilliams.posterous.com/tsunami-damage-at-fukushima-daiichi

  8. Source SWAN Numerical Model of Tsunami reaching Hawaii 2 meter contour

  9. ----0 Tide ---

  10. Makaha Beach – Mark Suiso 9 Feet Runup

  11. Dan Walker’s North Shore Survey 17.5 ft

  12. Haleiwa Harbor7 Foot Run-up

  13. Keehi Harbor

  14. Keehi Harbor70% boats damaged or lost

  15. 16 Feet

  16. KonaVillage HotelHales

  17. Kealakekua Bay

  18. Kealakekua Bay

  19. Napoopoo

  20. Napoopoo 16 feet runup -Walker

  21. Napoopoo

  22. Kona, Hawaii Tsunami http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Wh0_yNJhc

  23. 2004 Indian Ocean 2011 Japan • Max Run-up 109 feet 125 feet • Death Zone 33 feet 50 feet • Fritz/Meadows 33 feet • EQ Length 1100 km 250 km • Deaths 250-300,000 25,000 • To survive move to above 100 ft ASL, or above 4th floor if you feel an earthquake or a Tsunami Alert

  24. Available at http://is.gd/4NnP1Z - in Tsunami Lectures

  25. Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Tsunami Runup and Inundation Data for Sites Around the Island of Hawai‘i By Frank A. Trusdell, Amy Chadderton, Graham Hinchliffe, Andrew Hara, Brent Patenge, and Tom Weber

  26. Napoopoo Point

  27. Water reached Top of 2X4’sStore Front Walls at Keauhou Bay

  28. Kihilo Bay

  29. TSUNAMI Science and Hawaii Hazards Lectures on Cloud - http://is.gd/4NnP1Z and on DVD - PPT at www.MCCOHI.com The 3/2011 Japan Tsunami in Hawaii - PACON12 Presentation 12/26/2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami - 300,000 Deaths 3/11/2011 Honshu Tsunami – 25,000 Deaths Hawaii Tsunami Hazard from M9 Earthquake like 12/26/2004 Tsunami Hazard to Hawaii from Landslides and Asteroids Tsunami Hazard for Hawaii Kai, Hawaii 1946, 1960, 1964 Hawaii Tsunamis 11/3/1994 Skagway Landslide generated Tsunami 7/8/1955 Lituya Bay Landslide generated 1600 ft High Tsunami 8/27/1883 Krakatoa Volcanic Explosion generated Tsunami 11/1/1758 Lisbon Tsunami KT Chiczulub Asteroid Impact and Tsunami Projectile Impact and Explosion Generated Waves

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