The Open Oceanography Journal

2010, 4 : 44-49
Published online 2010 April 14. DOI: 10.2174/1874252101004010044
Publisher ID: TOOCEAJ-4-44

Tsunami in Guadeloupe (Caribbean Sea)

Irina Nikolkina , Narcisse Zahibo and Efim Pelinovsky
Physics Department, University of the French West Indies and Guiana, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France.

ABSTRACT

Detailed analysis of historical data of tsunamis for 1498-2008 period in Guadeloupe (French West Indies, Caribbean sea), collected in different books, papers and sites is presented. Concerning validity scale 10 events are selected as true and almost true, 6 tsunami events were generated by underwater earthquakes; 3 events - by volcano eruptions, and one was a teletsunami. The geographical and temporal distributions of tsunami events are studied.