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The Tsunami Mechanism
  • Mahmoud E. Yousif,
  • Mahmoud E. Yousif
Mahmoud E. Yousif
Physics Department - The University of Nairobi

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Mahmoud E. Yousif
Physics Department - The University of Nairobi
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Abstract

Abstract The repetitive narrative that, “Tsunami waves and receded coastal water initiated by an earthquake are closely related,” is analyzed through the sequential events that followed the earthquake; a mechanism based on the interaction of receded water with magma is suggested to explain the amplification of Tsunami wave deep beneath the ocean floor (Fig.1), where earthquake occurred under the seabed’s or in coastline; the mechanism explained how the water is amplified into steam in the magma chamber, as its volume increased 1,700 times, the transformed water encompass the tremendous force that uplifted the ocean water endowed it with such destructive force; the mechanism explained characteristics related to Tsunami wave, including relation with earthquake and volcano, receding costal water, the foams, inundation, runup, the nature of the great force of Tsunami, ideas to calculate the magnitude of Tsunami force and energy, volume of receded water, volume of tsunami wave, the repetition of its wave; these and related issues are stated; the idea is derived based on the continual flow of lava from earth’s interior and the existence of magma reservoir bellow earth’s surface in places like Yellowstone in USA and hotspot beneath Hawaii, such magma chamber when existed under seabed, if opened by crack during earthquake, can easily lead to an interaction between receded water and the magma, resulted in the suggested mechanism, all is based on logical analyses and deep thinking to attained the Tsunami Mechanism in response to 2004 and 2011 human tragedies; thus understanding this mechanism will help laying measures to counter the phenomenon, which will reflect positively in saving lives and mitigate its destructive force and reduce consequences of its impact on local societies and above all to understand its true mechanism.