Tsunami Event - September 29, 2009 Samoa
Web Link Compilation
Samoa Tsunami Event Page | Model Data Comparison Plots | Local American Samoa Modeling Results | Field Survey Plots
Event Pages
- NOAA Center for Tsunami Research (NCTR) event page
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) event page and text of Final Advisory Message
- West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center event page
- USGS earthquake page
- USGS event page with sea floor observations and tsunami generation
- ITIC / UNESCO event page with links to post-tsunami surveys (scroll to bottom) alerts, sea level records, seismic information, model simulations, etc.
- NGI event page
- University of Tokyo / Earthquake Research Institute event page
- NASA event page
- Tsunami Research Center, University of Southern California event page
- Asia Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) event page
- Georgia Tech Tsunami Research (Dr. Hermann Fritz)
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System event page
- Samoa Tsunami and Earthquake Clearinghouse from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Photos, Animations, Satellite images
- Experiencing Tsunamis - Researcher Interview with Dr. Vasily Titov
- Pictures taken by NOAA employee Gordon Yamasaki in Samoa during the tsunami including good time line, on Picasa Web.
- NCTR Tsunami propagation animation (31 MB)
- Tsunami propagation animation with max wave amplitude (11 MB)
- High-resolution satellite images from Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University
- Satellite images posted as available from DisasterCharter.com
Media
- New York Times Op-Ed The Day of the Tsunami - about living through the tsunami
- National Geographic Tsunami Warning Signs, Facts in Wake of Samoa Quake
- HonoluluAdvertiser.com Tsunami forecasts quicker, more accurate: New technology helps Hawaii avoid evacuation this time
- BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Eyewitness: On air when tsunami hit
- NOAA News NOAA Raises Tsunami Awareness
- America.gov United States Sending Assessment Teams to Tsunami-Stricken Areas
- MSNBC How wave warnings work
- Wall Street Journal Being Ready for the Big Wave (by Costas Synolakis)
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