On 26 November, 1999, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake off the coast of Vanuatu generated a tsunami that ran up more than 5 m on nearby islands, and destroyed a village. Andy joined an International Tsunami Survey Team led by Costas Synolakis to study the sediments deposited by the waves.

In Depth

Publications:

Caminade, J.P., D. Charlie, U. Kanoglu, S. Koshimura, H. Matsutomi, A. Moore, C. Ruscher, C.  Synolakis, and T. Takahashi, 2000, Vanuatu earthquake and tsunami cause much damage, few casualties, Eos, v. 81, n. 52, p. 641, 646-647.

Moore, A.L. and F. Imamura, 2000, Sand deposition from the 1999 Vanuatu tsunami [abstract], Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81