**Introduction**

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counted for in the future scientific discussion.

This book is based on expert writing with the objective of providing

tiated this book and guided and helped the Editor for its completion.

a concluding remark, one important aspect concerning the local tsunamis is the role of the earthquake effect before tsunami waves are being generated and propagated toward the coast, and also an integrated worldwide tsunami early warning system needs to be fully ac‐

aspects of tsunami events from generation by different sources including non-seismic, to propagation, detection, and warning dissemination. It is strongly believed that all the infor‐ mation provided here should play an important role in tsunami risk reduction and mitiga‐ tion. The presented chapters have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. We would like to express our gratitude to the contributing authors who have been the key factor in this achievement. Finally, we would like to specially thank the InTech publisher who ini‐

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**Prof. Mohammad Mokhtari**

Iran

Director of Earthquake Prediction Center

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology,
