All Questions
Tagged with earthquake water
3
questions
0
votes
0
answers
16
views
Converting starting wave to known max wave height
in our university project, we are developing a tsunami simulation using the Shallow Water Equations. For our project, we have decided to allow users to enter an epicentre and the magnitude of an ...
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
Better to stay in the open or in the water during an earthquake?
I tried looking around on google but couldn't really find any good information.
For arguments sake, say I am in a field with a river intersecting it. If an earthquake occurs and I am near the ...
2
votes
1
answer
735
views
Question about the difference between a tsunami caused by a meteorite and one caused by an under water earthquake
Picture the situation where a meteorite falls somewhere on one of our oceans and gives off all its kinetic energy to the water (let's ignore the thermal energies involved like, for example, the heat ...