Tsunami hazard assessment in El Salvador, Central America, from seismic sources through flooding numerical models.

El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America; its coast has an approximate length of 320 km, 29 municipalities and more than 700 000 inhabitants. In El Salvador there were 15 recorded tsunamis between 1859 and 2012, 3 of them causing damages and resulting in hund...

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Main Authors: J. A. Álvarez-Gómez, Í. Aniel-Quiroga, O. Q. Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, J. Larreynaga, M. González, M. Castro, F. Gavidia, I. Aguirre-Ayerbe, P. González-Riancho, E. Carreño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/2927/2013/nhess-13-2927-2013.pdf