Education

Science

Links

UW Seismology:

• Geophysics web connections to original seismic data or seismic research information
• The Indian Ocean tsunami - What it means for Cascadia
• Tsunami Hazards

Other UW links:

• ESS tsunami

Other Universities, Research related:

• OHSU, Center for Coastal and Land-Margin Research - Science for Society report on Impact of tsunamis on Oregon coastal communities
• Carleton College tsunami visualizations
• USGS, Oregon State University - FTP site
• University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center
• Other links

US Army:

• Tsunami research at US Army Corps Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory - Engineer Research and Development Center

USGS:

• Surviving a tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii and Japan (by Brian, Jody et al.)
• Tsunamis and Seismic Sea waves
• Local tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest - picture from Manzanillo, Mexico!
• National Earthquake Information Center
• Tsunami and Earthquake Research at the USGS

FEMA:

• Tsunami information

Hawaii Public Information:

• City and County of Honolulu tsunami information
• Bishop Museum's tsunami page
• Information on the locally generated tsunamis in Hawaii project and general info
• Pacific Tsunami Museum

NOAA:

• National Weather Service general tsunami page (links to WCTWC, PTWC, ITIC, etc.)
• West Coast Tsunami Warning Center (currently has link to 12/26 event)
• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - About tsunamis
• The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program History (front page through 2005)
• NOAA PMEL compilation of tsunami links
• NOAA PMEL Tsunami Research Program
• NOAA tsunami FAQ
• Tsunami data at NGDC
• TsunamiReady Communities
• NOAA Coastal Service Center

Spanish:

• General tsunami info page in Spanish
• Chile's tsunami warning page

Kids and General:

• FEMA for Kids: Tsunami
• Doctor Bob's kids site on "Killer Waves"
• Derby Ridge Elementary School's tsunami page
• Doctor George's site on geo-hazards

International Sites:

• Tsunami Laboratory - Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences
• The Tsunami Research Team (TRT-BO) - part of the Solid Earth Geophysics Group of the Department of Physics of the University of Bologna
• Institute of Ocean Sciences, BC Canada
• ITIC
• ITSU (currently has 12/26 info)
• ICG/PTWS Awareness/Education Materials
• Australian Spaceguard Survey - Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts and other Tsunami Information
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
• Sri Lanka Tsunami Education Project
• Russian Academy of Sciences
• A disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR
• ISDR-BIBLIO - Library for disaster reduction
• UNESCO - International Glossary of Hydrology

December 26, 2004 Asian Tsunami info:

• NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center
• IRIS
• PMEL’s link compilation
• Personal accounts and videos of 2004 Sumatra tsunami:
  • Dr. Mark Oberle (physician and Associate Dean, U. of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine) from Patong Beach, Phuket
  • Amateur Asian Tsunami Video Footage
  • Wave of Destruction

Research:

• Field Surveys
  • USC, Tsunami Research Center - focuses on tsunami surveys
• Tsunami Modeling
  • Oregon State University Tsunami Wave Basin - Physical modeling. Select "Research for an overview of current projects
  • NOAA Center for Tsunami Research (NCTR) - Tsunami Forecast Modeling Research
  • Tsunami Computational Portal (TCP) - Tsunami Modeling Research
• Seismic
  • Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering - Research conducted by 26 Member U.S. Universities
• Preparedness
  • Center for Hazards and Risk Research at Columbia University - Research to integrate social and physical sciences

Other:

• Partners for Disaster Resistance & Resilience
• American Museum of Natural History
• Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division
• State of California Seismic Safety Commission - The Tsunami Threat to California
• Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action
• Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction
• Cascadia Region Earthquake Group
• Pacific Disaster Center
• Paroscientific
• MetEd
• IASC
• TsuInfo Alert - Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources on behalf of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
• Natural and Environmental Disaster Information Exchange System
• Tsunami Warning and Education Act [PDF]