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USC Tsunami Research Center in the World’s News

In the aftermath of the catastrophic events in Japan, the Astani Department professor is widely quoted. March 16, 2011 — Part of the USC Viterbi School’s Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and directed by Professor Costas Synolakis, the … Continue reading

When Will We Learn?

When Will We Learn?

Japan’s Tsunami: How It Happened

Aggeliki Barberopoulou gives an interview on the origins of the 2011 Japan tsunami.
http://www.livescience.com/13180-japan-tsunami-earthquake-explained.html
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Tsunami Warning for California

ITIC Tsunami Bulletin Board Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/04/messagelhvpd9-04.htm WEPA41 PAAQ 110851 TSUWCA BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 1251 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2011 THE WARNING AND ADVISORY STATUS REGIONS HAVE CHANGED … Continue reading

Earthquake and Tsunami Strikes Japan

On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC an earthquake occurred near the East coast of Honshu, Japan. Continue reading

Reassessing the tsunami risk in major ports and harbors of California I: San Diego

Reassessing the tsunami risk in major ports and harbors of California I: San Diego

New assessment of tsunami hazards in San Diego Bay

We assess tsunami hazards in San Diego Bay, California, using newly identified offshore tsunami sources and recently available high resolution bathymetric/topographic data. We simulate locally, regionally and distant-generated tsunamis. Local tsunami source models use more realistic fault and landslide data … Continue reading

Mentawais 2010 Video

Prepared for the National Science Foundation by Costas Synolakis. Appearances by Professors Hermann Fritz, Jose Borrero, Costas Synolakis, and Mr. Vassilios Skanavis. Continue reading

The 25 October 2010 Mentawai Earthquake and Tsunami

On October 25, 2010 a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck south of S. Pagai island off Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed over 400 people. Initial reports related that there was no warning communicated to the Mentawais and that the Indonesian … Continue reading

Waving the Tsunami Warning Flag

Re-posted from the Wall Street Journal Asia: This week’s twin disasters in Indonesia—the eruption of Mount Merapi and the 7.7-magnitude earthquake off west-central Sumatra—have again brought warning systems and emergency preparedness into the spotlight. The resulting view is far from … Continue reading