A new source model has been recently published by Heidarzadeh and Satake (2014) for the Makran tsunami of 27 November 1945. To propose this source, all available data including tide gauge records at Mumbai (India) and Karachi (Pakistan), coastal deformation data along Pasni and Ormara (Pakistan) as well as inferred sea level oscillations at Port […]

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 […]

In this new “Earthquake and Tsunami”-Blog, I will talk about my field work in Japan in 2011 as well as my new research on tsunamis and large subduction zone earthquakes. My aim is to better understand what happened during the 2011 Japan tsunami and  to explain my recent findings. As a result of my research in Japan, […]