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Table 2 Historical tsunamis’ runup height around Koyadori

From: Historical and paleo-tsunami deposits during the last 4000 years and their correlations with historical tsunami events in Koyadori on the Sanriku Coast, northeastern Japan

Tsunami event

Age [AD]

Koyadori [m]

Oura [m]

Funakoshi [m]

Uranohama [m]

Yamada [m]

Osawa [m]

References

Measured runup height

 Tohoku-oki

2011

26.0–29.4

7.7–11.3

13.5–16.1

13.6–14.9

8.7–10.4

5.8–8.9

Haraguchi and Iwamatsu (2011)

 Tokachi-oki

1968

  

3.3

 

1.1

0.7

Watanabe (1998)

 Chile

1960

No inundationa

 

3.5–4.4

 

3.5

4.0

Iwate Prefecture (1969)

 Showa Sanriku

1933

6.6

1.2–4.2

3.7–5.0

3.0

3.0–4.0

1.1–2.5

Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo (1934)

 Meiji Sanriku

1896

15.0

6.0

10.0–12.0

 

6.0

5.5

Unohana and Ota (1988)

Estimated runup height based on historical documents

 Ansei

1856

3

2

4–6

 

2

3

Tsuji and Ueda (1995), Hatori (2000)

 Kansei

1793

 

2

3–4

 

2–3

2

Hatori (2009)

 Empo

1677

    

2–4

 

Hatori (1975), Tsuji and Ueda (1995),

 Keicho

1611

20–25

 

10–12

 

5–8

 

Hatori (2009)

  1. We selected earthquakes generating tsunamis (runup height is larger than a few meters around Koyadori). Blank space means no data
  2. aBased on interviews of landowners