Tsunami Generation

This vertical movement along the thrust fault caused the seafloor on the overriding plate to displace upward, away from the coastline, and down, dropping (subsiding) landward toward the coastline, as shown in Figure 9.5.

Figure 9.5 Schematic diagram of tsunami generation from an inter-plate thrust fault. (Eric Geist, USGS Pacific Coastal and Ma

Figure 9.5 Schematic diagram of tsunami generation from an inter-plate thrust fault.

Source: Eric Geist, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, http://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tsunami-generation-interplate-thrust-fault
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