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Monday 28 March 2005: Magnitude 8.5 Earthquake hits Northern Sumatra
At 1609 GMT an earthquake of magnitude hit Sumatra. It was initially assessed at 8.2. This was later re-assessed to 8.5.In Thailand thousands of people in the provinces affected
by the 26 December 2004 tsunami were moving to higher ground. In Sri Lanka a warning was issued that the earthquake
might generate a tsunami, USA's NOAA has recommended all populations within 1,000 kilometres of the epicentre to evacuate coastal areas.
More information will be made available through the Indotsunami web site on http://ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami
International Coordination Meeting for the development of Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework
(UNESCO Headquarters, France, 3-8 March 2005)
This event will build on the work of the Kobe meeting (World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Japan, 18-22 January 2005), continued at the Phuket meeting (Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements, 28-29 January 2005), towards the establishment of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a global tsunami warning and mitigation system framework. Find out more about the Meeting here
IndoTsunami web site established
The IndoTsunami web site has been established, dedicated to the follow-up activities to the Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated several countries in the Indian Ocean region and killed over 250,000 people. The web site will report on the many activities that are being organized at the national, regional and international level to establish tsunami warning and mitigation systems in the Indian Ocean and other ocean basins. Visit the site
Indian Ocean tsunami
On Sunday 26 December 2004: at 0100 GMT, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake occurred
on the seafloor near Aceh in northern Indonesia. This earthquake generated
a huge tsunami wave, hitting the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar,
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and even Somalia.
The below image shows how the wave moved towards the surrounding coasts. Click on the
image to see an animation (650 KB)
(Animation provided by Kenji Satake, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
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| This is the full list of the ITSU National Contacts, ITSU Officers, ITIC, PTWC and IOC/ITSU Secretariat address information.
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| What to do :: Tsunami postings |
| When major earthquakes occuring in the Pacific Rim have magnitudes large enough to warrant concern...
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Girl's sea warning saved a hundred |
| From the Times of London (online) 1 January 2005
Girl's sea warning saved a hundred
A GIRL aged ten saved a hundred fellow tourists from the tsunami because of a geography lesson about the giant w
[updated on 01 January 2005 ]
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Pacific Disaster Center on Maui launches the Indian Ocean Tsunami Geospatial Information Service |
| The Pacific Disaster Center on Maui today launched the Indian Ocean Tsunami Geospatial Information Service to support emergency managers responding to the tsunami disaster in South and Southeast Asia.
[updated on 01 January 2005 ]
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Tsunami Recordings on Tide Gauges |
| The Indian Ocean tsunami was recorded on several tide gauges recorded at the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. The gauges are operated by many different agencies including the NOAA/Natio
[updated on 01 January 2005 ]
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Frequently asked Questions about Tsunami Warning Network(s) |
| Q: What happens after a warning goes out? Has the U.S., or another nation been able to evacuate coastal areas in response to a warning, and if so, how quickly?
A: Both the PTWC and WC/AT
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Frequently Asked Questions |
| On this page we provide answers to frequently ased questions about the Indian Ocean Tsunami. These are based on real questions that we have received during the days after the disaster.
Q: "Can you te
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Indonesian tsunami: Director-General convenes the Task force on prevention of natural disasters |
| On Wednesday 29 December, Ko�chiro Matsuura, convened the Task force on the prevention of natural disasters, in order to study UNESCO�s response and its participation in international aid that is mate
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: BACKGROUND NOTES ON THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI |
| Paris, 30 December 2004
The phenomenon we call �tsunami� is a series of traveling ocean waves of extremely long length generated primarily by earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean floor. Unde
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| Tsunami disasters :: Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 :: Message by Dr David Pugh, IOC Chairman to Dr Nasser H. Zaker, Chairman IOCINDIO |
| Message by Dr David Pugh, IOC Chairman to Dr Nasser H. Zaker, Chairman IOCINDIO (IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean) - 28 December 2004
Dear Dr Zaker
Please receive the deepest cond
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