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Tsunami AnimationsWARNING: QuickTime* movies are very large and may take many minutes (and, sometimes, hours!) to display and/or download, depending on your internet connection speed. If you do not have QuickTime please download the QuickTime Player here. Preliminary simulation of the 2011 Honshu, Japan tsunamiPlease note that these Quicktime simulations may take several minutes to load.
*Download: Mac—click and hold mouse button; Windows—right-click Preliminary simulation of the 2010 Indonesian tsunami... from the 25 October 2010 M=7.7 subduction zone earthquake, offshore Indonesia (Indian Ocean)
Preliminary simulations of the 2010 Chilean tsunami... from the 27 February 2010 M=8.8 subduction zone earthquake, offshore Chile—
Animations of the 29 September 2009 Samoan TsunamiQuickTime animations:
Animation of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Local TsunamiPanoramas of Damage in Sri Lanka after the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean TsunamiPanorama of Kalmunai (QuickTime VR) 1.5 MB
Panorama at Nalaveli Hotel (QuickTime VR) 1.9 MB
Hypothetical Tsunami along the Pacific Northwest Coast: Phase 1QuickTime animation
Animated GIF
Hypothetical Tsunami along the Pacific Northwest Coast: Phase 2Low Resolution (QuickTime) 2.2 MB
High Resolution (QuickTime) 11.3 MB
1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami: Earthquake SourceLow Resolution (QuickTime) 1.3 MB
Medium Resolution (QuickTime) 4.7 MB
High Resolution (QuickTime) 16.8 MB
Animation of the Tsunami from the 1906 San Francisco EarthquakeSmall Scale (QuickTime) 10 MB
Large Scale (QuickTime) 17 MB
Preliminary Animation of the 23 June 2001 Peru TsunamiMedium Resolution (QuickTime) 4.3 MB
High Resolution (QuickTime) 24.0 MB
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