• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.91-105
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• 2015

In this paper we investigated the phenomenon of extreme run-up at Babi Island in Indonesia caused by the 1992 Flores earthquake (Mw = 7.8) using a series of three-dimensional numerical modeling experiments. Simulations were carried out to investigate how much the presence/absence of the coast of Flores affects the generation of the extreme inundation at Babi Island through the reflection process of tsunami waves.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.109-116
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• 1994

Tsunamis generated by of the 1992 Flores Island Earthquake in Indonesia caused tremendous casualties and damages. This tsunami event was hindcasted via numerical tsunami models. Initial conditions were taken from fault parameters from Havard CMT (Centroid Moment Tensor) solution and additional subaqueous slump consideration at the Inner Hading Bay and Riang Krok, Leworahang coasts. The computed results showed general agreements with observations made by the International Tsunami Survey Group. Subsequently a runup model was developed to investigate catastrophic runup at southern shore of the Babi Island with fine grid resolution of 50 m. Computed results were recorded to construct rendered images for video animation. The computer-graphic aided video animation showed a remarkable reproduction of tsunami propagation and runup at southern coast of the Babi Island.