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What are Tsunamis?
     Tsunamis do not have a season and do not occur regularly or frequently. The largest Tsunamis, however, can cause
destruction and casualties over a wide area, sometimes as wide as the entire Pacific Basin. Pacific-wide Tsunamis may
happen only a few times each Century. Yet they pose a major threat to the coastal populations of the Pacific and other
World Oceans and Seas. Nothing can be done to prevent them, but the adverse impact on the loss of life and property
can be reduced with proper warning and advance planning.
     A Tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by any rapid large-scale disturbance of the sea water. Most Tsunamis
are generated by earthquakes, but they may also be caused by volcanic eruptions, landslides, undersea slumps, meteor
impacts, asteroids, or the breaking off of a large section of Ice Shelves at the Polar regions.
     Tsunamis are also referred to as "tidal waves," but they have no relation to tides. Ships at sea cannot detect a passing
Tsunami, nor can the waves be seen from aircraft. While passing through deep oceans, a Tsunami consists of a series of
waves that are only a few feet high and a hundred miles or more apart. The waves radiate outward in all directions from the
disturbance and can propagate across entire ocean basins.
     Tsunami waves are distinguished from ordinary ocean waves by their great length between peaks, often exceeding 100
miles in the deep ocean, and by the long amount of time between these peaks, ranging from five minutes to an hour.
     The speed at which Tsunamis travel depends on the ocean depth. A Tsunami can exceed 500 mph in the deep ocean but
slows to 20 or 30 mph in the shallow water near land.
     In less than 24 hours, a Tsunami can cross the entire Pacific Ocean. In the deep ocean, a Tsunami is barely noticeable
and will only cause a small and slow rising and falling of the sea surface as it passes. Only as it approaches land does a
Tsunami become a hazard. As the Tsunami approaches land and shallow water, the waves slow down and become compressed,
causing them to grow in height. In the "best of cases" the Tsunami comes onshore like a quickly rising tide and causes a
gentle flooding of low-lying coastal areas. In the "worst of cases" a "bore" will form. A bore is a wall of turbulent water that
can be several meters high and can rush onshore with great destructive power. Behind the bore is a deep and fast-moving
flood that can pick up and sweep away almost anything in its path. Minutes later, the water will drain away as the trough of
the Tsunami wave arrives, sometimes exposing great patches of the sea floor. But then the water will rush in again as before,
causing additional damage. This destructive cycle may repeat many times before the hazard finally passes. Therefore, never
assume the danger is over after the first, second, third, forth, etc., wave has passed.
     Persons caught in the path of a Tsunami have little chance to survive. They can be easily crushed by debris or they may
simply drown. Children and the elderly are particularly at risk, as they have less mobility, strength, and endurance.
     Tsunamis typically cause the most severe damage and casualties very near their source. There the waves are highest
because they have not yet lost much energy to friction or spreading. In addition, the nearby coastal population, often
disoriented from the violent earthquake shaking, has little time to react before the Tsunami arrives.
     The effects of each new Tsunami, and the effects on different coasts of the same Tsunami, vary greatly. The size and
destructiveness of the waves at any particular site are largely determined by the local topography, both onshore and
offshore, and the direction from which the wave approaches. For these reasons, people should not become complacent
just because one Tsunami warning ends with only a few inches rise in water level. The next time...a warning could precede
a 55-foot wave.
     Locally generated Tsunamis are potentially the most hazardous type, because the time between their origin and the
arrival of the wave at the shoreline may be too brief to warn and evacuate people. Any earthquake strong enough to cause
difficulty in standing or walking should be regarded as a Tsunami warning by people in coastal areas, who should
immediately head for higher ground. One of the indicators of a possible Tsunami is a drop in the level of water near a
coastline, which is not related to the normal change in the daily tide levels.

Tsunamis Warning System
     In 1948, a Tsunami warning system for the Pacific basin was developed by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The Pacific
Tsunami Warning System, which has its headquarters in Honolulu Hawaii, is administered by the National Weather Service
under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Tsunami Warning Center provides warnings for
Tsunamis to most Countries in the Pacific Basin.
    Presently, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, which has its headquarters in Honolulu, is administered by the National
Weather Service under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Tsunami Warning Center
receives a constant flow of information from seismometers (instruments that detect earthquakes) and tide-gauge stations all
around the Pacific Ocean. When an earthquake with the potential to generate a Tsunami occurs, the Warning Center issues a
"Tsunami Watch" within 30-40 minutes, alerting Civil Defense and other authorities of a possible Tsunami. The first positive
evidence of a Tsunami comes from tide stations near the origin of the Tsunami. Once the presence of a wave is confirmed,
the Hawaii Center issues a "Tsunami Warning" giving an estimated time of arrival for the first wave.
     Local authorities and emergency managers are responsible for formulating and executing evacuation plans for areas under
a Tsunami Warning. The public should stay-tuned to the local media for evacuation orders should a Tsunami Warning be
issued. And, the public should not return to low-lying areas until the Tsunami threat has passed and the "All Clear Message"
is announced and/or broadcast by the local authorities.
     When a Country or Region may be threatened by Tsunamis, the hazard to life can be minimized by evacuating people to
higher ground. The repeated evacuation of Residential areas near Coastlines comes at a high cost, however, both for the
government, taxpayers and for the people whose property may be threatened by Tsunamis. For the long term, Tsunami
hazards can be avoided by "Land Use Zoning" which restricts building construction in the areas of greatest Tsunami threat.

Tsunami Related Links

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 NOAA International Tsunami Information Center...Current Bulletins  http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
 NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - Tsunamis  http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/
 NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center  http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
 NOAA National Geophysical Data Center  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsu.shtml
 NOAA PMEL Tsunami Reseach Program  http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/
 NOAA PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard
 NOAA PMEL Tsunami Events and Data  http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/database_devel.html
 International Tsunami Information Centre...About Tsunamis  http://ioc3.unesco.org/itic/categories.php?category_no=4
 NOAA West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center  http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
 NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory...Tsunami Detection Buoy System  http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/
 NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center...Frequently Asked Questions  http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/faq.php
 NOAA ITIC International Tsunami Information Center  http://ioc3.unesco.org/itic/
 NOAA NGDC National Geophysical Data Center NGDC...Tsunami Database  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=70&d=7
 FEMA Tsunamis  http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tsunami/index.shtm
 FEMA Tsunami Terms  http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tsunami/ts_terms.shtm
 FEMA Tsunami Information For Kids  http://www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm
 United States Agency for International Development...Tsunami  http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/
 American Red Cross Disaster Center...Tsunami  http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_592_,00.html
 West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center  http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php
 USGS U.S. Geological Survey Western Region      http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami
 National Ice Center (NIC) Washington DC     http://www.natice.noaa.gov/
 UNESCO International Coordination Group...Pacific Tsunami Warning Syatem  http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/
 Tsunami Warning Center Sakhalin Island Russia  http://www.science.sakhalin.ru/Tsunami/
 Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory (NTL) Database  http://tsun.sscc.ru/htdbpac/
 The United Kingdom Tsunami Risks Project  http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/tsunami-risks/
 Tsunami Detection in the Open Ocean (University of Colorado)  http://cires.colorado.edu/science/projects/aoms-godinO01.html
 Tsunami! (University of Washington)  http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/welcome.html
 Ultimate Guide To Tsunamis  http://www.insurancecompared.com.au/articles/tsunamis.cfm

Earthquake Related Links

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 NGDC National Geophysical Data Center...Earthquake Data  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/earthqk.shtml
 USGS U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
 USGS NEIC National Earthquake Information Center  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/
 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program  http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
 USGS Worldwide Recent Earthquake Activity  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

Volcano Related Links

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NOAA NGDC National Geophysical Data Center Volcano Data  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/volcano.shtml
USGS CVO's List of On-Line Volcano Maps  http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Graphics/framework2.html#foreign_volcanoes
Hawaii Volcano Observatory  http://www.volcanolive.com/hvo.html
Smithsonian Institution GVP Global Volcanism Program  http://www.volcano.si.edu/
Volcano Links from Volcano World  http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/volcano_links.html

Disaster Relief and Other Related Links

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 United States Better Business Bureau BBB...Guidance For Donors  http://www.give.org/
 Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ACTED...in English.  http://www.acted.org/english
 Action Against Hunger  http://www.actionagainsthunger.org
 Actionaid International  http://www.actionaid.org/
 Action by Churches Together ACT  http://www.act-intl.org/
 Adventist Development and Relief Agency ADRA  http://www.adra.org/site/PageServer
 African Medical and Research Foundation AMREF  http://www.amref.org/
 Air Serv International  http://www.airserv.org
 AmeriCares Foundation  http://www.americares.org/
 American Council for Voiluntary International Action InterAction  http://www.interaction.org
 American Friends Service Committee  http://www.afsc.org
 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee JDC  http://www.jdc.org
 American Jewish World Service AJWS  http://www.ajws.org
 American Radio Relay League ARRL  http://www.arrl.org/
 American Red Cross  http://www.redcross.org
 American Red Cross Disaster Center...Disaster Updates  http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/
 American Refugee Committee ARC  http://www.archq.org
 American Rescue Team International ARTI  http://www.amerrescue.org/
 AmeriCares  http://www.americares.org/
 Amnesty International  http://www.amnesty.org/
 Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team AMURT  http://www.amurt.net
 AusAID Commonwealth of Austalia  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
 Baptist World Aid  http://www.bwanet.org/bwaid
 B'nai B'rith International BBI  http://www.bnaibrith.org
 Brother's Brother Foundation BBF  http://www.brothersbrother.org/
 CAFOD Catholic Agency for Overseas Development  http://www.cafod.org.uk/
 CARE Australia  http://www.careaustralia.org.au/
 CARE International  http://www.care.org
 Caritas Internationalis  http://www.caritas.org/
 Carter Center, The  http://www.cartercenter.org/
 Catholic Charities USA  http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
 Catholic Relief Services CRS  http://www.catholicrelief.org
 Center for International Disaster Information  http://www.cidi.org
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC  http://www.cdc.gov/
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Travelers Health  http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
 Christian Aid United Kingdom  http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/
 Christian Children's Fund  http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/
 Christian Disaster Response  http://www.cdresponse.org/
 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee CWRC  http://www.crwrc.org/
 Chronicle of Philanthropy, The  http://philanthropy.com
 Church World Service CWS  http://www.churchworldservice.org
 Concern Worldwide USA  http://www.concernusa.org
 Digital Globe...Press Room for News & Imagery  http://media.digitalglobe.com/
 Digital Globe...Unique Image Gallerys  http://www.digitalglobe.com/
 Direct Relief International  http://www.directrelief.org
 Doctors Without Borders  http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
 Episcopal Relief and Development  http://www.er-d.org
 Feed The Children  http://www.feedthechildren.org/
 FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency  http://www.fema.gov
 FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency - Tsunami Information  http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tsunami/index.shtm
 Food For The Hungry  http://www.fh.org
 Global Links  http://www.globallinks.org
 Habitat for Humanity International  http://www.habitat.org
 Hawaii State Civil Defense  http://www.scd.state.hi.us/index.html
 Heart to Heart International  http://www.hearttoheart.org
 Health Opportunities for People Everywhere HOPE  http://www.projhope.org/
 Helen Keller International  http://www.hki.org/
 Infectious Diseases Society of America IDSA  http://www.idsociety.org/
 International Aid  http://www.internationalaid.org
 International Aid Services IAS  http://www.ias.nu/
 International Amateur Radio Union IRAU  http://www.iaru.org/
 International Coordination Group IGC...Pacific Warning System  http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/
 International Medical Corps IMC  http://www.imcworldwide.org/
 International Medical Corps IMC - Indonesia  http://www.imcworldwide.org/loc_indonesia.shtml
 International Charter...Space & Major Disasters  http://www.disasterscharter.org/new_e.html
 International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC...in English.  http://www.icrc.org/eng
 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent IFRC  http://www.ifrc.org/
 International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Enginnering IISEE  http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/
 International Medical Corps IMC  http://www.imcworldwide.org/
 International Network of Medecins du Monde...English selectable.  http://www.mdm-international.org/
 International Orthodox Christian Charities IOCC  http://www.iocc.org/
 International Relief & Development IRD  http://www.ird-dc.org
 International Relief Teams IRT  http://www.irteams.org/
 International Rescue Committee IRC  http://www.theirc.org/
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)  http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/index.php
 International Orthodox Christian Charities IOCC  http://www.iocc.org
 International Tsunami Information Center ITIC  http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/
 Islamic Relief Worldwide  http://www.islamic-relief.com/
 Islamic Relief USA  http://www.irw.org/
 Israel Red Cross ARMDI  http://www.armdi.org/
 Latter-Day Saints Charities LDS  http://www.lds.org/humanitarian
 Lutheran World Relief LWR  http://www.lwr.org
 Medair International Humanitarian Organization...English selectable.  http://www.medair.org/
 Médecins Sans Frontières MSF...in English.  http://www.msf.org/
 Médecins du Monde...in French  http://www.medecinsdumonde.org/
 Medical Assistance Programs MAP International  http://www.map.org/
 Mennonite Disaster Service MDS  http://mds.mennonite.net/
 Mercy Corps  http://www.mercycorps.org
 Mercy-USA for Aid and Development M-USA  http://www.mercyusa.org
 Mission East...in English.  http://www.miseast.org/sw95.asp
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC  http://www.cdc.gov/
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Travelers Health  http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
 NASA's...Earth Observatory and Unique Imagery  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
 National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
 National Emergency Response Team NERT  http://www.nert-usa.org/
 National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program NTHMP  http://nthmp.tsunami.gov/
 National Organization for Victim Assistance NOVA  http://www.trynova.org/
 Northwest Medical Teams International  http://www.nwmti.org/
 Norwegian People's Aid NPA...English selectable.  http://ips.idium.no/folkehjelp.no/
 Norwegian Refugee Council NRC...English selectable.  http://www.nrc.no/
 One World Network  http://www.oneworld.net/
 Operation USA OpUSA  http://www.opusa.org
 Overseas Development Institute ODI  http://www.odi.org.uk/
 Oxfam America OXFAM  http://www.oxfamamerica.org
 Pacific Disaster Center PDC  http://www.pdc.org
 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory PMEL...Tsumani Events & Data  http://pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/database_devel.html
 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory PMEL...Tsumani Mitigation  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/
 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory PMEL...Tsumani Research  http://pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/
 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory PMEL...Warning Guidance  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/warning.html
 Pan American Health Organization PAHO  http://www.paho.org/
 Plan USA  http://www.planusa.org
 Presbyterian Church USA Disaster Assistance PCUSA  http://www.pcusa.org/pda
 Project Concern International PCI  http://www.projectconcern.org
 Project HOPE  http://www.projecthope.org/
 Radio Emergency Association Communications Teams REACT  http://www.reactintl.org/
 Relief International RI  http://www.ri.org
 ReliefWeb  http://www.reliefweb.int/
 Reuters Foundation Alert Net  http://www.alertnet.org/
 Russian Academy of Sciences Tsunami Laboratory...In English.  http://omzg.sscc.ru/tsulab/
 Search And Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT)  http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/
 Seva Foundation  http://www.seva.org/
 Samaritan's Purse  http://www.samaritanspurse.org
 Save the Children USA  http://www.savethechildren.org
 Scientology Volunteer Ministers  http://www.volunteerministers.org/
 Secours Populaire Français SPF...in English.  http://www.secourspopulaire.asso.fr/English/index.html
 Seventh-day Adventist Church  http://www.adventist.org/
 SOS-Kinderdorf International...in English.  http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/
 SpaceRef Interactive Incorporated...Unique Images Indonesia  http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=14963
 Star of Hope International...English selectable.  http://www.starofhope.org/
 Stop Hunger Now  http://www.stophungernow.org
 Tear Fund Christian Action  http://www.tearfund.org/
 Telecoms Sans Frontieres TSF...English selectable.  http://www.tsfi.org/
 The Salvation Army International  http://www.salvationarmy.org/
 The Salvation Army National Headquarters  http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
 Trócaire...Agency of the Catholic Church In Ireland  http://www.trocaire.org/
 Tsunami Warning Tracker Blogger  http://tsunamiwarning.blogspot.com/
 UNOSAT...Satellite Images & Maps  http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/default.asp
 United Jewish Communities North America  http://www.ujcna.org/
 United Methodist Committee on Relief UMCOR  http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/
 United Nations Development Programme UNDP  http://www.undp.org/
 United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization FAO  http://www.fao.org/
 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR  http://www.unhcr.ch/
 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNICEF  http://www.unicef.org/
 United Nations News Service UN News  http://www.un.org/News/
 United Nations News Service UN Daily News  http://www.un.org/News/dh/arc/archive.asp
 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA  http://ochaonline.un.org/
 United Nations World Food Programme WFP  http://www.wfp.org/
 United Nations World Health Organization WHO...in English.  http://www.who.int/en/
 United Nations World Meteorological Organization WMO...in English.  http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
 United States Agency for International Development  http://www.usaid.gov
 United States Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research CBER  http://www.fda.gov/cber/
 United States Fund For UNICEF  http://www.unicefusa.org/
 United States Small Business Administration SBA  http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/disaster_recov/
 United Way of America UWA  http://www.unitedway.org/
 Volunteers In Technical Assistance VITA  http://www.vita.org/
 West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center WCATWC  http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
 West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Mirror Site  http://wcatwc.gov
 World Concern  http://www.worldconcern.org
 World Disaster Alliance  http://www.disasteralliance.org/
 World Emergency Relief WER  http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org
 World Hope International  http://www.worldhope.org
 World Relief  http://www.worldrelief.org
 World Vision  http://www.worldvision.org
 World Vision International  http://www.wvi.org/
 ZOA Refugee Care Netherlands...English selectable.  http://www.zoaweb.org/



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