Field Survey of Tsunami Effects in Sri Lanka due to the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of December 26, 2004 |
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| Authors: | Shusaku Inoue Anil C Wijeyewickrema Hiroyuki Matsumoto Hiroyuki Miura Priyantha Gunaratna Manoj Madurapperuma Toru Sekiguchi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Built Environment, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan;(2) Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan;(3) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan;(4) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka;(5) Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake that registered a moment magnitude (Mw) of 9.1 was one of the largest earthquakes in the world since 1900. The devastating tsunami that resulted from this earthquake
caused more casualties than any previously reported tsunami. The number of fatalities and missing persons in the most seriously
affected countries were Indonesia - 167,736, Sri Lanka - 35,322, India - 18,045 and Thailand - 8,212. This paper describes
two field visits to assess tsunami effects in Sri Lanka by a combined team of Japanese and Sri Lankan researchers. The first
field visit from December 30, 2004 – January 04, 2005 covered the western and southern coasts of Sri Lanka including the cities
of Moratuwa, Beruwala, Bentota, Pereliya, Hikkaduwa, Galle, Talpe, Matara, Tangalla and Hambantota. The objectives of the
first field visit were to investigate the damage caused by the tsunami and to obtain eyewitness information about wave arrival
times. The second field visit from March 10–18, 2005 covered the eastern and southern coasts of Sri Lanka and included Trincomalee,
Batticaloa, Arugam Bay, Yala National Park and Kirinda. The objectives of the second visit were mainly to obtain eyewitness
information about wave arrival times and inundation data, and to take relevant measurements using GPS instruments. |
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| Keywords: | Damage field survey inundation Sri Lanka Sumatra-Andaman earthquake tsunami |
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