A CATALOG OF TSUNAMIS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

Abstract

A catalog of about ninety tsunamis in the Indian Ocean has been prepared from 326 BC to 2005 AD. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries tsunamis have occurred once in three years or so. Sunda Arc is the most active region that has produced about seventy tsunamis. The source zones of the remaining tsunamis are Andaman-Nicobar islands, Burma-Bangladesh region in the eastern side, while Makran accretion zone and Kutch- Saurashtra region are in the west. These zones are subduction zones or zones of compression.

Keywords

• tsunami information
• Indian Ocean tsunamis
• tsunami catalogue
• Sunda Arc