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Table 2 Historical tsunami heights at the hazard curve points

From: Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment based on the Gutenberg–Richter law in eastern Shikoku, Nankai subduction zone, Japan

St. name

Eq. name

1498 Meio

1605 Keicho

1707 Hoei

1854 Tokai

1854 Nankai

1944 Tonankai

1946 Nankai

Tokushima

0.5

2.4

2.2

0.5

1–2

0.3

1.4

Tachibana

1.2

3.5

3–4

1.1

3

1.3

4.0

Tai

1.8

5.9

5.6

1.9

4.3

1.5

2

Hiwasa

1.0

4.9

4.5

1.0

2–3

0.8

2.5, 3.6

Asakawa

3.3

9

6–7

3.2

6.5–7.2

2.1

4.7–5.3

Shishikui

1.5

5–6

5.5

1.4

3.2–7.9

1.0

3.6

  1. Values in bold were obtained from Murakami et al. (1996). Values in italics were calculated using fault models proposed by Annaka et al. (2003). Units in meters
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