Tsunami Links

General

• National Center for Tsunami Research (NOAA)
• U.S. Government Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Program
• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• USC Tsunami Research Center
• Tsunami! (U. Washington)
• Tsunami Visualtizations (Carleton College)
• Pacific Tsunami Museum
• NGDC Tsunami Database (NOAA)
• Glossary of Tsunami Terms (IOC)

Tsunami Hazards and Preparation

• Tsunami Fact Sheet (FEMA)
• Tsunami: The Great Waves (NWS)
• Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) Publications (by state):
  AK, BC, CA(#1), CA(#2), HI, OR , WA

Popular Publications

• Nature magazine
  • Nature News Feature, Published online: 26 January 2005
    "On the trail of destruction" (Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004)
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • "New findings super-size our tsunami threat 80-foot waves blasted Indonesia, scientists now say"
    Monday, February 7, 2005
    By TOM PAULSON
• The Next Wave (California Academy of Sciences)
• Tsunami! (Scientific American)
• Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction (PBS)
• Savage Seas (PBS)

Warning Systems

• Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Program (U.S. Government)
• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• Japan Meteorological Agency
• International Tsunami Information Center
• Sakhalin Tsunami Warning Center

USGS Tsunami Publications

• Seaside, Oregon tsunami pilot study; modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps (USGS Open-File Report 2006-1234)
• Reconnaissance investigation of Caribbean extreme wave deposits; preliminary observations, interpretations, and research directions (USGS Open-File Report 2006-1293)
• Local tsunami hazards in the Pacific Northwest from Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes (USGS Professional Paper 1661-B)
• Preliminary Hydrodynamic Analysis of Landslide-Generated Waves in Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (USGS Open-File Report 03-411)
• The orphan tsunami of 1700 -- Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America (USGS Professional Paper 1707)
• Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan (USGS Circular 1187)
• Sobreviviendo a un tsunami: Lecciones du Chile, Hawai y Japon (USGS Circular 1218)
• Helping Coastal Communities at Risk from Tsunamis -- The Role of U.S. Geological Survey Research (USGS Fact Sheet 150-00)
• Seismic and Tsunami Hazard in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (USGS Open-File Report 99-353)
• Earthquake Effects (USGS Open-File Report 92-200)

Outside Publications by USGS Authors

• Differences in tsunami generation between the December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005 Sumatra earthquakes [Earth Planets Space v. 58 p. 185-193, download PDF (5123 K)]
• Probabilistic analysis of tsunami hazards [Natural Hazards v. 37 p. 277-314; download PDF (972 K)]
• Tsunami: wave of change (Scientific American v. 294 p. 56-63)
• Complex earthquake rupture and local tsunamis [Journal of Geophysical Research v. 107 no. B5, download PDF (399 K)]

Research

• USC Tsunami Research Center
• O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory (OSU)
• Cornell University Tsunami Research Team
• Mitigation of Local Tsunami Effects (SMU)
• Tsunami Engineering Laboratory (Tohoku University)
• PMEL Tsunami Research Program (NOAA)
• Institute of Ocean Sciences (Canada)
• UC Santa Cruz (Steve Ward)
• Tsunami Research at Oregon Graduate Institute
• Russian Academy of Sciences Tsunami Laboratory
• Science of Tsunami Hazards (Journal)
• Tsunamis in Mexico (in Spanish)
• Tsunamis from Asteroid Impacts

Caribbean Tsunamis

• Caribbean Tsunami and Earthquake Hazard Studies (USGS)
• Puerto Rico Tsunami and Mitigation Program
• Puerto Rico Seismic Network
• IOCARIBE and Caribbean Tsunamis
• NSF Caribbean Tsunami Workshop (2004)
• Seismic and Tsunami Hazard in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
• Catalog of Caribbean Tsunamis

More Tsunami Links (NOAA)

Earthquake Links:

Starting Points

• Earthquake Information and Links, USGS-Menlo Park
• Earthquake Information, USGS-Pasadena
• National Earthquake Information Center, USGS-Golden
• Seismosurfing (Univ. Washington)

Educational Resources

• Earthquakes for Teachers
• Earthquakes for Kids
• USGS Learning Web
• Earthquake Effects (USGS Open File Report 92-200)
• Earthquake ABC -- A Child's View of Earthquake Facts and Feelings