Tsunami Video

Philip Liu's computer simulation model of the tsunami that struck Okushiri Island and southwest Hokkaido, Japan, on July 12, 1993,

The left panel shows the propagation of the 1993 tsunami towards the Okushiri Island. The right panel is a close up of the tsunami flooding the southern tip of the island. The different colors denote the different water surface elevations, providing a sense of the tsunami's movement.

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