Other Tsunami Resources |
The web links featured here are from a variety of non-WSSPC sources. To see tsunami publications and web pages by WSSPC member states, provinces and territories, click here. |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION |
A tsunami is a series of waves most often generated by large, offshore earthquakes. In the open ocean tsunamis are less than a few centimeters high, traveling at speeds nearing 500 miles per hour with wave energy extending from the surface to the ocean floor. As the tsunami approaches the coastline, the wave energy is compressed into a much shorter distance, creating a series of potentially large, destructive waves and posing a threat to life in coastal communities. |
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| FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY |
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Tsunamis |
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| Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup |
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Distant Tsunamis |
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| National Geographic |
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Tsunamis: Killer Waves |
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Tsunami 101 - Video |
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Tsunami Photos |
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
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Tsunami Data and Information |
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| United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction |
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Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning - Tsunami |
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| OUTREACH |
| Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup |
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Tsunami Evacuation Buildings Forum - Final Report and Presentations |
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| Carleton College |
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Tsunami Materials - Includes links to Clearinghouse Sites, Audio/Visual Resources, Class Pages and Educational Materials, Outreach Activities, and Research and Data |
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| Geological Society of America |
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"Explore Tsunami" Teaching Aid - CD-ROM |
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| International Tsunami Information Center |
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Tsunami Education and Awareness Materials |
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TsunamiTeacher - Video |
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Tsunami Newsletter Archive |
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"Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes" - Survival lessons from the surviors of two near-source tsunamis in Indonesia. Prepared by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
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"Designing for Tsunamis: Seven Principles for Planning and Designing for Tsunami Hazards" |
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TsunamiReady |
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| Tsunami Society |
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| United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction |
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"ISDR-BIBLIO - Tsunami 1" - A bibliographic compilation of Tsunami literature available at the ISDR System Library. |
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Tsunami Publications and Resources |
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| United States Geological Survey |
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Surviving a Tsunami-Lessons from Chile, Hawaii and Japan |
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| Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis - from the PBS Savage Earth Television Series |
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| West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WC/ATWC) |
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Current Tsunami Information |
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POLICY |
| Western States Seismic Policy Council |
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Policy Recommendation 11-1: Improving Tsunami Public Education, Mitigation, and Warning Procedures for
Distant and Local Sources |
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Policy Recommendation 10-1 & 10-2: Rapid Tsunami Identification and Evacuation Notification |
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| MITIGATION |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
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Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program History 1995-2005 - The Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Federal/State Steering Group is composed of representatives from the five states (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington), NOAA, USGS, FEMA, and NSF, and was formed to oversee implementation of the Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Plan and to coordinate efforts between federal agencies and state jurisdictions. In The Senate Appropriations Committee Report (No. 104-353) dated September 30, 1996, the Committee provided $2,375,000 to begin the process of implementing the Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Plan. This became part of Public Law 104-208, dated September 30, 1996. |
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National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program |
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| Geological Society of America |
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Tsunami Evacuation Buildings |
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| RESEARCH |
| Carleton College |
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Tsunami Visualizations |
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| Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory |
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US Army Corps of Engineers Tsunami Research |
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| Earthquake Engineering Research Institute |
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EERI Earthquake and Tsunami Clearinghouse Links |
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| Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
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Tsunamis and Tsunami Research |
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| International Tsunami Information Center |
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Global Tsunami Hazard Maps |
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Databases |
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center |
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Tsunami Travel Time Maps |
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ArcIMS Pacific-Centered Map |
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
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NOAA Center for Tsunami Research |
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NOAA Center for Tsunami Research Publication List |
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| Orgon State University |
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O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory |
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| Tsunami Laboratory, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Historical Tsunami Databases |
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| U.S Geological Survey |
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Tsunami and Earthquake Research |
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| University of Southern California |
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Tsunami Research Center |
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| University of Washington |
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Tsunami! |
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