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NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 221-231Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-1-221-2001
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- INTAS
- EGIDE grant (PAI-RUSSIE) [04500YH]
- Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane
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The main goal of this study is to give the preliminary estimates of the tsunami risks for the Lesser Antilles. We investigated the available data of the tsunamis in the FrenchWest Indies using the historical data and catalogue of the tsunamis in the Lesser Antilles. In total, twenty-four ( 24) tsunamis were recorded in this area for last 400 years; sixteen (16) events of the seismic origin, five (5) events of volcanic origin and three (3) events of unknown source. Most of the tsunamigenic earthquakes (13) occurred in the Caribbean, and three tsunamis were generated during far away earthquakes (near the coasts of Portugal and Costa Rica). The estimates of tsunami risk are based on a preliminary analysis of the seismicity of the Caribbean area and the historical data of tsunamis. In particular, we investigate the occurrence of historical extreme runup tsunami data on Guadeloupe, and these data are revised after a survey in Guadeloupe.
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