Tsunami!
Thirteen
significant Pacific-wide tsunami have reached Hawai'i during the last hundred
years or so, resulting in tragic and sudden loss of life and millions of dollars
in property damage. Locally
generated tsunami may also threaten the islands, caused by earthquakes
or submarine landslides.
In Hawai'i, tsunami have caused more deaths
than earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and hurricanes combined. Yet
because so much time has passed since the last Pacific-wide tsunami (1964)
or even locally generated waves (1975), there is concern that residents
and visitors will not take the next one seriously enough. The Pacific
Tsunami Museum in Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawai`i, has as its mission to save lives from the
inevitable next tsunami strike.
More About the Museum | Tsunami
Facts
Tsunami Warning
30 pages of drawings and an explanation of how an earthquake generates
a tsunami in Alaska that reaches Hawaii. The text
only version is much quicker to load.
Fact Sheet: Tsunami
Safety information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Pacific Tsunami Museum
A wealth of resources, personal accounts, photos and safety information.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
The operational center for tsunami warning in the Pacific is located in Ewa Beach on the island of Oahu.
Surviving
a Tsunami--Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan -
Online booklet available for download (PDF) from the US Geolocical
Survey.
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