A tsunami (pronounced tsoo-nah-mee) is a wave train, or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an sudden disturbance that vertically displaces the water column. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, and even the impact of cosmic bodies, such as meteorites, can generate tsunamis. Tsunamis can savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life.

• Tsunami! - Recommended! - From UW Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth & Space Sciences
• Cascadia Subduction Zone and Seattle Fault Scenarios and Tsunami Inundation Models
• Tsunami Damage in Washington from the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake - - From US Army Corps. of Engineers (only works in Explorer - graphics are big and take a while to come up)
• Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazard Studies - From the USGS
• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Near real-time tsunami informational bulletins - Alternative link
• NOAA Tsunami Project - mitigating tsunami hazards in WA, OR, CA, AK, and HI
  • Tsunami Animations on the Washington Coast
  • Tsunami Animations on the Oregon Coast
• Washington State Emergency Management Tsunami Program
• TsuInfo Alert Quarterly Newsletter of the National Tsunami Mitigation Program
• TSUNAMI by NOAA's Frank Gonzalez - From Scientific American, May 1999
• The Indian Ocean Tsunami - What it means for Cascadia
• More Tsunami Links - From the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program