A numerical study of SMART Cables potential in marine hazard early warning for the Sumatra and Java regions

We carry out a set of exploratory numerical experiments based on ocean
bottom pressure and seismic data from a simulated linear array of SMART (Scientific Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunication) cable stations
off the trench in the Sumatra-Java region. We use a set of earthquake rupture as well as submarine landslide scenarios to calculate tsunami propagation via hydrodynamic simulations. We also investigate the contribution of SMART stations to improvement of earthquake early warning by calculating the arrival times of seismic phases.

Existing telecom cables can also contribute to the SMART network, if they are equipped with scientific sensors and repeaters.

In this study we use the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami; Titov et al, 2016) to simulate tsunamis, and the TauP toolkit (Crotwell et al, 1999) to calculate seismic arrival times.

This study was supported by grants from National Science Foundation
(PREEVENTS geosciences directorate No. 1663769) and NASA JPL (Award NNN13D462T).

- Crotwell, H.P., Owens, T.J. and Ritsema, J., 1999. The TauP Toolkit: Flexible seismic travel-time and ray-path utilities. Seismological Research Letters, 70(2), pp.154-160.
Titov, V., Kânoğlu, U. and Synolakis, C.E., 2016, Development of MOST for real-time tsunami forecasting. J Waterw Port Coast Ocean Eng 142:03116004-1–03116004-16