Supershear tsunami disaster

Paul Martin Mai

doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0308-8

Supershear tsunami disaster

Paul Martin Mai

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A magnitude 7.5 strike-slip earthquake that struck Palu, Indonesia, in 2018 unexpectedly generated a devastating tsunami. Seismic data reveal that its rupture propagated fast, at supershear speed. Whether the two are connected remains to be seen.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	150-151
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Geoscience
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0308-8
State	Published - Feb 4 2019

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