RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 8, ES6002, doi:10.2205/2006ES000211, 2006
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[20] Karymskoye tsunami confirms the main properties of volcanic tsunami: small size of the source, very high wave heights near the epicenter, and rapid decay of the height with distance. We note that in 1883, the famous eruption of Krakatau volcano in Soende Strait (Indonesia) led to a runup of the waves with maximal value equal to 45 m causing 36,000 deaths at the coasts of the strait. Tsunami waves from this eruption were recorded in many countries. The analysis of pressure gauge records of this tsunami was made in [Pelinovsky et al., 2005]. The Karymskoye eruption is weaker than the Krakatau, but however it led to very high waves (30 m) so that long term hazard of volcanic tsunamis in Kamchatka and Kuril Islands should be specially calculated.
Citation: 2006), Phenomena similar to tsunami in Russian internal basins, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 8, ES6002, doi:10.2205/2006ES000211.
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