Simulated water elevation for two tsunami scenarios

Simulated water elevation (compared with wave elevation at the source) for the earthquake-induced tsunamis at the Southwest of Crete (top) and the East of Sicily (bottom). Water is shown in yellow to red and land is in grey.

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Credit: Samaras et al., Ocean Science, 2015

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