NEOWAVE Regional Tsunami Model: Inundation Maps: CNMI: Saipan: Garapan and San Antonio

Provides nearshore hazard maps of inundation depth based on preferred maximum and maximum considered earthquakes at both local and distant sources. Because tsunami waves from a local Mariana earthquake can reach Saipan's shores in 12 minutes, the resulting inundation is considered separately from distant tsunamis, which can take at least 2.5 hours to reach Saipan.

Data are gridded at approximately 9-m (30-ft) resolution referenced to the WGS84 coordinate system and use a vertical datum of mean sea level (MSL). This shock-capturing, dispersive wave model computes tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation for complex flow patterns in shelf and reef environments. It has been validated with analytical, laboratory, and field benchmarks and is approved by the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program.