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Multi-hazard analysis of flood and tsunamis on the western Mediterranean coast of Turkey

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: . Flood has always been a devastating hazard for social and economic assets and activities. Especially, low-land areas such as coastal regions can be more vulnerable to inundations. The combination of different natural hazards observed at the same time is definitely worsening the situation in the affected regions. The goal of this study is to conduct a distinctive combined hazards analysis considering flood hazards with the contribution of potential earthquake-triggered tsunamis that might be observed through the Fethiye coastline and city center. For this purpose, tsunami hazard curves are generated based on Monte Carlo Simulations. Comprehensive stochastic hazard analyses are performed considering aleatory variability of earthquake-triggered tsunamis and epistemic uncertainty of flood having 10 year return period. Numerical simulations are conducted to combine the potential tsunamis and flood events that are able to adversely affect the selected region. The results of this study show that the blockage of stream outlets due to tsunami waves drastically increases the inundated areas and worsens the condition for the selected region.

Source: Natural hazards and earth system sciences

DOI: 10.5194/nhess-22-3725-2022

Authors: Cuneyt Yavuz, Kutay Yilmaz, Gorkem Onder

Institutions: Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi, The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Earthquake and Tsunami Effects

Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,553