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Iquique, Chile Tsunami, April 1, 2014
Model and Data Comparison Plots

Iquique, Chile Event Page | Model and Data Comparison Plots

Model vs Data Comparison Interactive Map with links to comparison plots and sea level data websites.

Yellow DART buoy marker DART® buoy      Red tide gauge station marker Tide gauge station      Purple Japanese tide gauge station marker Japanese tide gauge station      Green star earthquake epicenter marker Earthquake epicenter

Model and DART® buoy data / tide gauge data comparison

Comparison of the April 1, 2014 Iquique, Chile tsunami recorded at DARTs and sea-level gauges with model forecasts. The DART model timeseries are obtained from the pre-computed generation/propagation forecast database in real time, after fitting models to tsunami records from two closest DARTs (32401 and 32402). The plots show model data for those locations with time shifted later for comparison purposes.

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