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Toward a Euro Mediterranean tsunami warning system: The case of the February 12, 2007, Ml = 6.1 earthquake
Author(s) -
Olivieri Marco,
Scognamiglio Laura
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2007gl031364
Subject(s) - epicenter , seismology , warning system , earthquake warning system , mediterranean climate , geology , early warning system , earthquake casualty estimation , tsunami wave , wonder , mediterranean sea , history , urban seismic risk , archaeology , telecommunications , computer science , psychology , social psychology , seismic hazard
UNESCO has made a commitment to the scientific community for the creation of the North East Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System (NEAMTWS). We wonder: “Is the European Seismological community ready to run an Euro Mediterranean tsunami warning system?” In this study we use the February 12, 2007 Ml = 6.1 earthquake, which occurred close to the epicenter of the 1755 Great Lisbon event, as a case study to verify and discuss our actual capability of alerting for a hypothetical tsunami. Starting from the available real‐time data and tools, we emulate an automatic real‐time processing to perform the source analyses needed for discriminating a tsunamigenic earthquake, and subsequently we evaluate the time shift between the release of results and the potential tsunami waterfront reaching the coasts.