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Field Survey and Preliminary Modeling of the Wewak, Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami of 9 September 2002

2003; Seismological Society of America; Volume: 74; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1785/gssrl.74.4.393

1938-2057

J. C. Borrero, Jiajun Bu, Christine Mary Saiang, Burak Uslu, J. Freckman, B. M. Gomer, Emile A. Okal, Costas E. Synolakis,

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Research Article| July 01, 2003 Field Survey and Preliminary Modeling of the Wewak, Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami of 9 September 2002 Jose C. Borrero; Jose C. Borrero Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA (J.C.B.) 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar James Bu; James Bu Department of Geology University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Papua New Guinea (J.B.) 2Department of Geology, University of Papua New Guinea Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Christine Saiang; Christine Saiang Department of Geology University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Papua New Guinea (C.S.) 2Department of Geology, University of Papua New Guinea Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Burak Uslu; Burak Uslu Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA (B.U.) 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar John Freckman; John Freckman Marine Facilities Division California State Lands Commission Long Beach, CA 90802, USA (J.F.) 3Marine Facilities Division, California State Lands Commission Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Brandon Gomer; Brandon Gomer Department of Geological Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201, USA emile@earth.nwu.edu (B.G.) 4Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Emile A. Okal; Emile A. Okal Department of Geological Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201, USA emile@earth.nwu.edu (E.A.O.) 4Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Costas E. Synolakis Costas E. Synolakis Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA (C.E.S.) 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jose C. Borrero 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA (J.C.B.) James Bu 2Department of Geology, University of Papua New Guinea Department of Geology University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Papua New Guinea (J.B.) Christine Saiang 2Department of Geology, University of Papua New Guinea Department of Geology University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Papua New Guinea (C.S.) Burak Uslu 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA (B.U.) John Freckman 3Marine Facilities Division, California State Lands Commission Marine Facilities Division California State Lands Commission Long Beach, CA 90802, USA (J.F.) Brandon Gomer 4Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University Department of Geological Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201, USA emile@earth.nwu.edu (B.G.) Emile A. Okal 4Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University Department of Geological Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201, USA emile@earth.nwu.edu (E.A.O.) Costas E. Synolakis 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA (C.E.S.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2003 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2003) 74 (4): 393–405. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.74.4.393 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Jose C. Borrero, James Bu, Christine Saiang, Burak Uslu, John Freckman, Brandon Gomer, Emile A. Okal, Costas E. Synolakis; Field Survey and Preliminary Modeling of the Wewak, Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami of 9 September 2002. Seismological Research Letters 2003;; 74 (4): 393–405. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.74.4.393 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search At 18:44 UTC on 8 September 2002 (04:44 on 9 September, local time), a strong earthquake (mb 6.5, MS 7.8; hereafter "PNG02") occurred off the northern coast of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea ("PNG"; see Figure 1) and triggered a moderate tsunami that was observed along 300 km of the northern PNG coast. This event is of particular interest since it occurred only 120 km east-southeast of the earthquake of 17 July 1998 (mb 5.9, MS 7.0; hereafter "PNG98"), which triggered a devastating tsunami with a death toll exceeding... 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