A simulation of a tsunami model using geographical information systems

• Main Authors: Ang, Hans Christian C., Cubero, Cliff Anthony A., Cunanan, Katrina Corazon B., Nishimori, Kent T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2006
• Subjects: Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14418
• Institution: De La Salle University

Natural hazards are one of many tragic calamities that could hit a certain area. An example would be a tsunami. A tsunami is a shallow water wave potentially generated by landslides, volcanic eruption, meteorite impact, and by an earthquake that is the most common source that takes place underwater. Tsunamis often can be more destructive than the earthquake that caused them. Loss of lives from the tsunami can often be many times the loss from the earthquake shaking. Damage from a tsunami comes not only from the tsunami wave itself. The rapid retreat of water prior to arrival of the tsunami wave and the debris carried by the tsunami wave add to take destructive potential. In addition, fires started by the preceding earthquake are often spread by the tsunami waves. In the recent tsunami attack in Indian Ocean year 2004 year 2004, it caused hundreds of thousands deaths. This caused the country to have a mall percentage downfall in their GDP brought about by the losses in the tourism and fishing industry overridden by the damage of the infrastructures (Indian Ocean Earthquake, 2006). Researchers are being made in the studies for its behavior. One option is to aid in the study of tsunamis by creating a Geographical Information System that could represent a tsunami model with regards to the calculating the extent of damage and other specifications. By representing data related to tsunami hits, authorities and experts will be able know whether a tsunami will occur and the damage it can inflict in a particular area.