A landslide tsunami in the Indian ocean due to an inland earthquake on 24 September 2013 in the Makran subduction zone

Following the 24 September 2013 Pakistan Inland earthquake (M 7.7), a tsunami was generated in the Northwestern Indian Ocean offshore Iran, Pakistan, Oman, and India at the Makran subduction zone. It was an unusual tsunami because the epicenter of the earthquake was far inland (see Figure below). The earthquake killed 825 people in Pakistan, but […]