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The UNESCO IOC Tsunami Glossary includes the definition of tsunami-related technical terms, and information on the global intergovernmental coordination groups for tsunami warning and mitigation. The Glossary is available in English (2019), Spanish (2019), French (2019), Arabic (2019), and Chinese (2019). Update and revisions of terms and tsunami warning center products and forecast services have been made regularly since 2008. The 2008 version (English, Indonesian) includes definitions specific to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and its existing services to the Pacific and Caribbean.

Starting from the 2016 version, the changes were recommended and approved through the IOC TOWS WG Task Team on Watch Operations and Disaster Management and Preparedness, and the International Tsunami Information Center. The original glossary was compiled by the ITIC with input and in cooperation with tsunami experts starting in the mid-1980s, and the 1st edition of the IOC Tsunami Glossary was published in 1991 (IOC Technical Series 37).

Document  Format/Size
English 2019

English 2016 (incl errata)

Tsunami Glossary 2016 Errata and Updates
  Errata
  pg 8:  Delete non-UN name; Index: page number corrections (PDF)
  Updates
  Table, pg 9: Regional and local tsunamis causing deaths since 1975 (JPG
  Table, pg 9: Regional and local tsunamis causing 2,000 or more deaths (JPG
  Table, pg 11: Tsunamis causing deaths greater than 1,000 km from the
    source location (JPG)

English 2016 (wo errata)

English 2013 Addendum (2016)

English 2006
PDF (6.0 MB)

PDF
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PDF (10.5 MB)

PDF (6.1 MB)

PDF (7.1 MB)
Arabic 2019

Arabic 2016

Arabic 2013
PDF (9.7 MB)

PDF (9.6 MB)

PDF (9.6 MB)
Bahasa Indonesian 2006 PDF (4.9 MB)
Chinese 2019

Chinese 2016

Chinese 2014

Chinese 2014 Addendum (2016)
PDF (11.0 MB)

PDF
 (8.7 MB)

PDF (6.2 MB)

PDF (218 KB)
French 2019

French 2016

French 2013

French 2013 Addendum (2016)

French 2008
PDF (13.2 MB)

PDF
 (10.9 MB)

PDF (9.0 MB)

PDF (167 KB)

PDF (5.4 MB)
Spanish 2019

Spanish 2016

Spanish 2008
PDF (6.4 MB)

PDF (6.5 MB)

PDF (5.6 MB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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