NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS OF 1303 TSUNAMICENIC PROPAGATION TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA, EGYPTIAN COASTS

NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS OF 1303 TSUNAMICENIC

PROPAGATION TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA, EGYPTIAN COASTS

BY

A. Z HAMOUDA i< • Marine Geology and Geophysical Department, National Institute ofOceanograplly and Frsheries, Kaye! Bey, Alexandria, Egypt Keywords: Tsunami, Tsunamigeruc, Alexandria, subduction zone, Nile Delta ABSTRACT Numerical modpl is carried ou to forecast the probable tsunami behaviorfor fUture eruption ofEastern Mediterranean Ridge, and its 'flect on Alexandria, Egypt. On the 8th ofAugust 1303 a Major earthquake of magnitude about 8 that caused a large tsunami, killing many people around Alexandria and snips were carried over buildings and settled on land. Calculations were done with an initial condition of continuous water flow normal to the shore line. This case ofTsunamigenic was examined to study the effect of location, direction, travel time and height towards the Egyptian Coast. Computed tsunami features such as travel times and height distribution patterns are shown to be usefUl for the evaluation of any fUture tsunami hazard.