Tsunami: General Resources

PBS “Savage Earth – waves of destruction”
http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/tsunami/index.html Readable text with links to an eye-witness account, an animation and photos. Look at “Sidebar 1” and “Sidebar 2” pages

Federal Emergency Management Agency tsunami “Fact Sheet”
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/tsunamif.shtm How to prepare for and what to do following a tsunami. (Also at http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~EM/tsunamif.html)

Pacific Tsunami Museum FAQ http://www.tsunami.org/faq.htm
Frequently asked questions – some general, some related to Hawaii.

International Tsunami Information Centre http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/itic/
A variety of useful resources including information on past tsunamis, FAQs and “Great Waves” brochure.

ITIC “Great Waves” brochure
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/itic/library/pubs/great_waves/tsunami_great_waves.html
Excellent resource for download (large Acrobat file – 9.8Mb) or online viewing. Photos and diagrams useful for all ages.

National Geophysical Data Center tsunami slide sets
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/slideset/tsunamis/
Slide sets of various tsunami events. Click “slides” after descriptive paragraph to view images.

US Geological Survey http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/
Various links and animations

USGS “This Dynamic Earth” http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/tsunamis.html
Travel times for Pacific tsunamis.

University of Washington Tsunami Information Resource
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html