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Field Survey of the Tsunami Caused by the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of December 26, 2004 and the Restoration of Impacted Inland Water Bodies in Sri Lanka
Anil C. Wijeyewickrema*1, Shusaku Inoue*2, Priyantha Gunaratna*3, Manoj Madurapperuma*1, Hiroyuki Matsumoto*4, Hiroyuki Miura*5, and Toru Sekiguchi*6
*1Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
*2Department of Built Environment, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
*3Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
*4Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
*5Center for Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
*6Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Received:May 31, 2006Accepted:July 10, 2006Published:August 1, 2006
Keywords:damage, field survey, Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Sri Lanka, tsunami
Abstract
The magnitude 9.0 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on December 26, 2004, was one of the world's largest since 1900. The devastating tsunami resulting from it caused more casualties than any previously reported tsunami. This paper describes two field visits to assess tsunami damage in Sri Lanka by a team of Japanese and Sri Lankan researchers and environmental restoration plans for tsunami-impacted inland water bodies. The first field visit, Dec. 30, 2004-Jan. 04, 2005, covered western, southwestern and southern Sri Lanka and included the cities of Beruwala, Pereliya, Hikkaduwa, Galle, Talpe, Matara, and Hambantota. The second field visit, March 10-18, 2005, covered northeastern, eastern, southeastern and southern Sri Lanka and included Trincomalee, Kuchchaveli, Pasikkudah, Batticaloa, Arugam Bay, Yala (National Park), and Kirinda. Eyewitness information on wave arrival times is also discussed.
Cite this article as:A. Wijeyewickrema, S. Inoue, P. Gunaratna, M. Madurapperuma, H. Matsumoto, H. Miura, and T. Sekiguchi, “Field Survey of the Tsunami Caused by the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of December 26, 2004 and the Restoration of Impacted Inland Water Bodies in Sri Lanka,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.1 No.1, pp. 123-130, 2006.Data files:
