Modeled Tsunami Inundation from a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake

Screen shots from an animation of a tsunami arriving in Guemes Island area. Red areas are crests, blue are troughs. From left to right and top to bottom, frames are taken at 20 minute intervals from the time the tsuanmi arrives in the area about 2 hours and 15 minutes after the scenario 9.1 earthquake until the second crest has receeded nearly 4 hours after the earthquake. [View full animation 8.3mb]

Information courtesy of Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Ron Teissere - State Geologist, NOAA TIME Center, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES. Complete document [4.4mb PDF]