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. 2020 Feb 12;10:2412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59239-1

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(a) Initial CAs distribution based on flight tracking data on 15 November 2016, 05:00 UTC (www.flightradar24.com). Contour lines indicate sea surface displacements of a hypothetical tsunami source generated by an earthquake of M8.7 (obtained from the CDMC report¹⁹), or the true state at t = 0 min. (b–d) The true state of tsunami elevations at 5, 10, and 20 min. (e) Maximum coastal tsunami heights along the longitudinal axis associated with the source obtained after 60-min simulation. Image in (a) is obtained from https://www.flightradar24.com/ (data: Google Maps, 2016, flightradar24) overlaid with contour generated using MATLAB 2016b. Maps in (b–d) are produced by authors based on GEBCO_08 Grid data (https://www.gebco.net/), using MATLAB 2016b.