Tsunami hazard from the subduction megathrust of the South China Sea : Part II. Hydrodynamic modeling and possible impact on Singapore

• Main Authors: Huang, Zhenhua, Wu, Tso-Ren, Tan, Soon Keat, Megawati, Kusnowidjaja, Shaw, Felicia, Liu, Xiaozhen, Pan, Tso-Chien
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97321; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10525
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

USGS has identified certain section of the Manila (Luzon) trench as a high-risk earthquake zone. This zone is where the Eurasian plate is actively subducting eastward underneath the Luzon volcanic arc on the Philippine Sea plate. An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 could be generated based on the worst c...