Honshu, Japan 11 March 2011
Information on the source of the event may be obtained for example from GFZ or USGS. The event was simulated in a global mesh with 4.5 Mio. nodes and 8.8 Mio. triangles. The coarsest resolution in the deep ocean is about 30 km, the highest resolution in the coastal area closest to the source region goes down to 50 meters.
Part of the global mesh used for simulations of the Honshu event. Highest resolution is about 50 m in the coastal area closest to the source region. Initial sea surface perturbation [m] based on the USGS finite fault solution provided by Gavin Hayes.
Maximum wave height [m] in the Pacific Ocean obtained from a global simulation of the Honshu tsunami on 11 March 2011
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