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Ancestral heritage saves tribes during 1 April 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami
Author(s) -
Fritz Hermann M.,
Kalligeris Nikos
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1029/2007gl031654
Subject(s) - geology , human settlement , seismology , death toll , tectonics , subsidence , magnitude (astronomy) , geography , archaeology , paleontology , structural basin , demography , physics , astronomy , sociology
The 1 April 2007 magnitude M s 8.1 earthquake off the New Georgia Group in the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami that killed 52 with locally focused run‐up heights of 12 m, local flow depths of 5 m as well as tectonic uplift up to 3.6 m and subsidence down to −1.5 m. A reconnaissance team deployed within one week investigated 65 coastal settlements on 13 remote Islands. The ancestral heritage “run to high ground after an earthquake” passed on to younger generations by survivors of smaller historic tsunamis triggered an immediate spontaneous self evacuation containing the death toll.