Applying probabilistic methods to infrequent but devastating natural events is intrinsically
challenging. For tsunami analyses, a suite of geophysical assessments should be in …

With human activity increasingly concentrating on coasts, tsunamis (from Japanese tsu=
harbour, nami= wave) are a major natural hazard to today's society. Stimulated by disastrous …

Most large (over a kilometre in diameter) near-Earth asteroids are now known, but
recognition that airbursts (or fireballs resulting from nuclear-weapon-sized detonations of …

In the last three years, there have been three large tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, most
notably the notorious one which struck on 26 December 2004 and killed more than 238,000 …

We have developed a Web‐based program for quickly estimating the regional
environmental consequences of a comet or asteroid impact on Earth (http: www. lpl. arizona …

Determining the likelihood of a disaster is a key component of any comprehensive hazard
assessment. This is particularly true for tsunamis, even though most tsunami hazard …

In the creation of “surprise tsunami,” submarine landslides head the suspect list. Moreover,
improving technologies for seafloor mapping continue to sway perceptions on the number …

In the first edition, we paid attention not only to tsunami waves, but to related phenomena,
namely, seaquakes, as well, which to a significant extent reflected the interests of the …

In contrast to far‐field tsunami amplitudes that are fairly well predicted by the seismic
moment of subduction zone earthquakes, there exists significant variation in the scaling of …

This paper analyses two disaster databases maintained by the Center for Research on the
Epidemiology of Disasters and by Emergency Management Australia. The objective is to …