Japanese researchers have spent the past few months appraise Tsunami damage at 5,300 coastal locations . This information has create the largest Tsunami sketch dataset in the world and the first map to visualize the crushing impact of the wave .
In the above damage map , the low coloring show how far the destructive wave go inwards and the colored bar show how high-pitched the wave was when it made landfall . It ’s amazing to see the variation in the strength of the moving ridge . That area in the center – that ’s Sendai Plain which was struck by a wave 19.5 meters ( 64 foot ) in high spirits and traveled over 5 km ( 3 miles ) inland .
This info ca n’t be used to augur when or if a Tsunami will slay , but it will facilitate researchers isolate those areas whose geological characteristics increase the strength of a Tsunami . That ’s a good affair to know as Japan rebuilds and repopulates its coastal area . [ Geophysical Research LettersviaNewScientist ]
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