Observations and Modeling of the August 27, 2012 Earthquake and Tsunami affecting

10:37 p.m. local time) a magnitude Mw = 7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of El Salvador and generated surprisingly large local tsunami. Following the event, local and international tsunami teams surveyed the tsunami effects in El Salvador and northern Nicara-gua. The tsunami reached a maximum height of *6 m with inundation of up to 340 m inland along a 25 km section of coast-line in eastern El Salvador. Less severe inundation was reported in northern Nicaragua. In the far-field, the tsunami was recorded by a DART buoy and tide gauges in several locations of the eastern Pacific Ocean but did not cause any damage. The field measure-ments and recordings are compared to numerical modeling results using initial conditions of tsunami generation based on finite-fault earthquake and tsunami inversions and a uniform slip model. 1