PPT-TSUNAMI HAZARD BASICS

Tsunami Outreach Oregon Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Earthquake Sources for Tsunamis Local Oregon Tsunamis Distant Tsunamis Map modified from NOAA website http. SMART!Observation Manager provides you an instant, paperless behavior based observation process. Available to everyone in your organization. SMART!Hazard Manager provides you an instant risk ranking, prioritization process, and tracking process for everyone's corrective action items anywhere in your organization - from single departments to corporate wide if desired. The main tsunami threat to Greater Victoria comes from a subduction earthquake o the West Coast.A tsunami created elsewhere in the Paci c Basin would, at most, a ect low-lying coastal areas in Gre videos. Science of Big Waves . (KQED). Garrett McNamara . w/ . GoPro. , 90’+. Teahupoo. raw. 2013 . The energy of a wave travels ahead but the water itself does not. Why are there consistently bigger waves in the Pacific?. By: Conrad Ricks, Liz Anderson, Melissa Prater & Michelle Carleton. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011vg9w. Source: http://cempaka-nature.blogspot.com/2009/12/indonesias-next-big-quake-due-under.html. Tsunamis. Homework Questions. Would you live in an area at risk for tsunamis? If so, where?. What level of risk from tsunamis is acceptable to you? (How would you know if the risk was assessed accurately?). The name ‘tsunami’ is Japanese. . It means harbor wave. . Tsunamis used to be called tidal waves, but they actually have nothing to do with the tides.. The sudden displacement of huge amounts of water causes tsunamis. . Tsunami Mathematics. Mathematically there are three different but related factors involved in . relation . to a Tsunami.. These are SPEED, HEIGHT, and ENERGY POWER. . Tsunami Mathematics - SPEED. In the open Ocean the speed of a Tsunami is approximately: . Agenda. Agree how we work within the Earthquake and Tsunami group. . how to . trigger. the System. (for EQS and TSU). GMPEs (or in term of MMI) vs population density for EQs. Expected tsunami height for . U.S. . coastlines minutes after the initial earthquake.. The 4G DART system consists of an anchored seafloor bottom pressure recorder (BPR) and a companion moored surface buoy for real time communications. BPRs are capable of detecting and measuring tsunamis with amplitudes as small as 1 mm in 6,000 m of water.. ( see tsunami lessons 10 a and 10b). CASE STUDY JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 2011. (see Tsunami lesson 10b….). The . Eyjafjallajokull. Volcano, Iceland 2010. ( Predominant volcanic hazards- ash and . Hazard . MAPS. . for the . NEAM. . Region. Coordinated by. Istituto. . Nazionale. di . Geofisica. e . Vulcanologia. (INGV). Roberto . Basili. , PhD. roberto.basili@ingv.it. with the following partners. Donald W. Denbo, John R. Osborne. , . Clinton . K. Pells and Mike A. Traum. Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University . of . Washington, Seattle, WA. NOAA/. PMEL NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA. Earthquakes. Earthquakes occur throughout the world but predominately on. plate boundaries. . For example the San Andreas Fault, a conservative plate margin. Furthermore, earthquakes also occur on the constructive plate boundaries of the Mid- Atlantic Ridge, although these are not as severe. . Eric Boldt. Warning Coordination Meteorologist. NOAA’s National Weather Service. 520 N. Elevar St. . Oxnard CA 93030. 805-988-6615. March 15, 2005. National Weather Service Mission Statement. " The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. " .