Rapid mainshock location, magnitude and tsunami potential determinations in real-time at INGV
Anthony Lomax - ALomax Scientific, Mouans-Sartoux, France. www.alomax.net, anthony@alomax.net
Alberto Michelini - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy, alberto.michelini@ingv.it
While the tsunami warning information at OT+8min would not have aided response along the nearby Japanese coasts, we note that the Mwpd=8.8 magnitude and T0=170s duration estimates provided early information on the true size and extent of the earthquake rupture; these rapid measures should be useful during future large earthquakes for regional tsunami warning, and early shakemap, finite-fault and tsunami forecast modeling.
References:
Lomax, A. and A. Michelini (2011), Tsunami early warning using earthquake rupture duration and P-wave dominant period: the importance of length and depth of faulting, Geophys. Journal Int., first published on-line Jan. 20, 2011, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04916.x. (further information)
Lomax, A. and A. Michelini (2009), Tsunami early warning using earthquake rupture duration, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09306, doi:10.1029/2009GL037223. (further information)
Lomax, A. and A. Michelini (2009), Mwpd: A Duration-Amplitude Procedure for Rapid Determination of Earthquake Magnitude and Tsunamigenic Potential from P Waveforms, Geophys. J. Int.,176, 200-214. (further information)