TY - JOUR
T1 - Field Survey of the 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami
T2 - Inundation and Run-up Heights and Damage to Coastal Communities
AU - Mikami, Takahito
AU - Shibayama, Tomoya
AU - Esteban, Miguel
AU - Takabatake, Tomoyuki
AU - Nakamura, Ryota
AU - Nishida, Yuta
AU - Achiari, Hendra
AU - Rusli,
AU - Marzuki, Abdul Gafur
AU - Marzuki, Muhammad Fadel Hidayat
AU - Stolle, Jacob
AU - Krautwald, Clemens
AU - Robertson, Ian
AU - Aránguiz, Rafael
AU - Ohira, Koichiro
N1 - Funding Information:
The field survey was financially supported by Penta Ocean Co. Ltd., New CC Construction Consultants Co., Ltd., the Institute for Future City Studies at Tokyo City University, and US National Science Foundation funding through the StEER Network. The authors would also like to thank CONICYT (Chile) for the FONDAP 15110017 grant. The present work was performed as a part of activities of Research Institute of Sustainable Future Society, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - On September 28, 2018, a large earthquake and its accompanying tsunami waves caused severe damage to the coastal area of Palu Bay, in the central western part of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. To clarify the distribution of tsunami inundation and run-up heights, and damage to coastal communities due to the tsunami, the authors conducted a field survey 1 month after the event. In the inner part of Palu Bay tsunami inundation and run-up heights of more than 4 m were measured at many locations, and severe damage by the tsunami to coastal low-lying settlements was observed. In the areas to the north of the bay and around its entrance the tsunami inundation and run-up heights were lower than in the inner part of the bay. The tsunami inundation distance depended on the topographical features of coastal areas. The southern shore of the bay experienced a longer inundation distance than other shores, though generally severe damage to houses was limited to within around 200 m from the shoreline. The main lessons that can be learnt from the present event are also discussed.
AB - On September 28, 2018, a large earthquake and its accompanying tsunami waves caused severe damage to the coastal area of Palu Bay, in the central western part of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. To clarify the distribution of tsunami inundation and run-up heights, and damage to coastal communities due to the tsunami, the authors conducted a field survey 1 month after the event. In the inner part of Palu Bay tsunami inundation and run-up heights of more than 4 m were measured at many locations, and severe damage by the tsunami to coastal low-lying settlements was observed. In the areas to the north of the bay and around its entrance the tsunami inundation and run-up heights were lower than in the inner part of the bay. The tsunami inundation distance depended on the topographical features of coastal areas. The southern shore of the bay experienced a longer inundation distance than other shores, though generally severe damage to houses was limited to within around 200 m from the shoreline. The main lessons that can be learnt from the present event are also discussed.
KW - 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake
KW - Palu Bay
KW - Tsunami
KW - earthquake
KW - field survey
KW - inundation height
KW - run-up height
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U2 - 10.1007/s00024-019-02258-5
DO - 10.1007/s00024-019-02258-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068237690
SN - 0033-4553
VL - 176
SP - 3291
EP - 3304
JO - Pure and Applied Geophysics
JF - Pure and Applied Geophysics
IS - 8
ER -