Published January 1, 2003
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The 1867 Virgin Island Tsunami
- 1. Univ Antilles Guyane, Dept Phys, Lab Phys Atmospher & Trop, Pointe A Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
- 2. Inst Appl Phys, Lab Hydrophys & Nonlinear Acoust, Nizhny, Novgorod, Russia
- 3. Middle E Tech Univ, Civil Engn Dept, Ocean Engn Res Ctr, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
- 4. Nizhnii Novgorod State Tech Univ, Dept Appl Math, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia
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The 1867 Virgin Island Tsunami reached large magnitude on the coasts of the Caribbean Islands. A maximum tsunami height of 10m was reported for two coastal locations (Deshaies and Sainte-Rose) in Guadeloupe. Modelling of the 1867 tsunami is performed in the framework of the nonlinear shallow-water theory. The directivity of the tsunami wave source in the Caribbean Sea according to the assumed initial waveform is investigated. The tsunami records at the several coastal regions in the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and South America are simulated. The comparison between the computed and observed data is in reasonable agreement.
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