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Tohoku (East Coast of Honshu) Tsunami, March 11, 2011
Web Link Compilation

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Event Pages

• International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC)
• Wiki of Tsunami Benchmarking for Honshu Event, University of Washington
• Honshu time series data, University of Washington
• California Earthquake Clearinghouse
• Japan Meteorological Agency
• Inundation extent (radar, satellite, model results) from the KOKUSAI KOGYO GROUP
• Harvard Seismology
• Earthquake Hazards Division, Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Coastal Engineering Committee, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
• GEO Geohazards Supersite (sponsored by Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the European Space Agency (ESA))
• Norges Geotekniske Institutt (NGI)
• Notes from the Field (USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center)
• Vents Program -- Listen to the earthquake as recorded by hydrophones
• NOAA West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center observations and forecasts and observations page

Media

• Japan Earthquake: before and after (ABC News)
• Japan Reels from Tsunami, Quake: Did Preparations Work? (PBS NewsHour)
• Subduction zone quake could also hit Northwest (SeattleTimes)
• Tsunami warnings now faster, more accurate (Computer World)
• How to Track a Dangerous Tsunami Across the Pacific (IEEE Spectrum)
• Model Shows Intense Wave Power of Tsunami (New York Times Blog)
• Supercomputer charts killer tsunami's course (High Performance Computing)
• Tsunami Prediction: What Can and Can't Be Done to Save Lives (PBS NewsHour)
• Tohoku Tsunami Created Icebergs In Antarctica (NASA)

Media - March 2012

• On NW coast, potential for tsunami waves up to 100 feet now seems possible (Seattle Times)
• The next wave in tsunami science (MS NBC)
• Japanese tsunami reveals new capability for tsunami warning network (King 5 News)
• Tsunamis and the aftermath of marine debris (podcast) from NOAA