EXPEDITION FOR ASSESSMENT OF DECEMBER 26, 2005 TSUNAMI CONSEQUENCES IN THE NORTHERN SUMATRA AND NEIGHBORING ISLANDS

© V.K. Gusiakov1, T.K. Pinegina2, V.A. Saltykov3,4

1 Institute of computational mathematics and mathematical geophysics SD RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090;
2 Institute of volcanology and seismology FED RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683006;
3 Kamchatkan Branch of Geophysical Survey RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683006;
4 Kamchatkan state pedagogical university, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683032.

After catastrophic earthquake on December 26, 2005 M=9.0 in the South-Eastern Asia scientific expeditions were sent to the area which was affected by tsunami. Their purpose was to study complex assessment of tsunami consequences. This paper presents data and previous results of the international tsunami survey team of UNESCO to the northern Sumatra and neighboring islands.

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