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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Fig. 4 | Geoscience Letters

Fig. 4

From: The landslide source of the eastern Mediterranean tsunami on 6 February 2023 following the Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye) inland earthquake

Fig. 4

a, b Snapshot of a submarine landslide physical experiment at rest (i.e., t = 0) and 0.5 s after landslide onset showing generation of an initial negative (depression) phase shoreward and an initial positive (elevation) phase seaward of the landslide. c Sketch showing the shape of the initial wave generated by a submarine landslide. “\(L\)” is the initial surface water displacement, and “\(b\)” is the length of the landslide as shown in panel a

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