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ITIC Tsunami Awareness and Education Materials

Tsunami Awareness and Educational Materials

ITIC Tsunami Awareness and Education Materials Information Document
[August 2023]
                 
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OVERVIEW
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In the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, many excellent tsunami awareness materials were developed, especially at the country level, to inform the public and decision-makers on tsunami hazards, risks, preparedness, and mitigation. In this DVD, the ITIC offers a small compilation of general and basic tsunami awareness materials that can be used to support the needs of government agencies, emergency managers and educators. Many of the included materials were originally developed to support countries of the Pacific Tsunami Warning & Mitigation System (PTWS) during the 1990s and early 2000s, and were then revised and updated after the 2004 catastrophe to emphasize tsunamis as a global hazard requiring a global early warning system.

For ITIC-authored materials Tsunami, the Great Waves, Tsunami Warning!, and the Tsunami Awareness Safety posters and flyers are provided in formats to allow them to be customized in order to meet the needs, cultures, and languages of countries and local communities. Tsunami Glossary 2008 is also available on request. These formats, including the text and figures, are provided for your copying and free use; we ask that you retain the logos and attributes to the UNESCO IOC ITIC, and the credits to the individual authors and/or agencies, but you may also add your agency information and print and distribute the revised materials free-of-charge. Upon modification, we ask that you provide the ITIC with electronic and print copies of your revision. Your sharing will enable us to share your work with others.

The .pdf files, in both low and high resolution (created in Adobe Acrobat 7.0), were created from the originals for both online and print distribution. All files are available in high resolution, however, due to size limitations only low resolution versions may be on this DVD. If you require high resolution versions, please contact us (itic.tsunami@noaa.gov). The .doc files (created in Microsoft Word 2003) are intended for easy translation into other languages, or to allow easy insertion of local information. The .ai files (created in Adobe Illustrator CS) are the original files used to create the product and can be modified to include local images and content. The ITIC would be happy to work with you to finalize and make your materials publication-ready with the same design layout as in the originals.

In general, our goal is to have all basic materials available in at least English, French, and Spanish. Selected materials are also available in other languages. These have been contributed by Member States, and ITIC has received copies of their translated materials.

All files are available by DVD from ITIC on request, or available for download from the ITIC web site (this webpage), see below. 

We regret that we are unable to offer the full range and breadth of the materials that are available in this 1-DVD compilation.  Please do contact us (itic.tsunami@noaa.gov) if you have other requests or need further information or examples.  We very much welcome your additional contributions to our library collection!

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CONTENTS OF DVD
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 1) Tsunami, The Great Waves (general infomation booklet)

  • English - IOC Brochure 2012-4, IOC, ITIC, LDG (France), NOAA, Revised 2014
  • Spanish - IOC, ITIC, LDG (France), NOAA, SHOA, Revised 2014
  • French - IOC Brochure 2012-4, IOC, ITIC, LDG (France), NOAA, Revised 2012
  • Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified - National Marine Environment Forecasting Centre
            (NMEFC), State Oceanic Administration China and Hong Kong Observatory (HKO),
            June 2006

 2) Tsunami Glossary (technical, includes science and warning systems)

  • English -IOC Technical Series 85, ITIC, Revised 2019
  • Arabic - IOC Technical Series 85, UNESCO IOC, Revised 2019
  • Spanish - IOC Technical Series 85, IOC ITIC, SHOA, Revised 2019
  • French - IOC Technical Series 85, IOC ITIC, LDG (France), Revised 2019
  • Bahasa (Indonesia) - JTIC (now IOTIC), 2011
  • Korean - Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), 2002
  • Chinese – IOC Technical Series 85, IOC, ITIC, Revised 2019
  • Tagalog - IOC, IOTIC, 2010
  • Tetun - IOC, IOTIC, 2011
  • Thai - IOC, IOTIC, 2011

 3) Tsunami Warning! Children's Cartoon Book (cartoon book for children describing a tsunami
      warning)

  • English - IOC Information Document No. 1223, ITIC, Revised 2020
  • English (Caribbean) - CDEMA, 2010
  • Spanish (Chile source) – CICESE (Mexico), 2000
  • Spanish (Puerto Rico Trench source) – Puerto Rico Seismic Network, University of Puerto
            Rico at Mayagüez, 2007
  • Bahasa (Indonesia) - IOC Information Document No. 1223, ITIC, BMG (Indonesia), LIPI
            (Indonesia), 2006
  • Maldivian - IOC Information Document No. 1223, ITIC, Maldives Department of
            Meteorology, Revised 2005
  • Sinhalese - IOC Information Document No. 1223, ITIC, Sri Lanka Department of
            Meteorology, 2006
  • Thai - IOC Information Document No. 1223, ITIC, NDWC (Thailand), 2006

  • English (17” x 22”) - ITIC, 2006 (hard copy only), Revised 2011
  • Spanish (17” x 22”) – UNESCO/IOC-ITIC, 2010, Revised 2012, 2021
  • Chinese Traditional (17” x 22”) – ITIC, Hong Kong Observatory, 2010
  • Chinese Simplified (17” x 22”) – ITIC, Hong Kong Observatory, 2010
  • Japanese (17” x 22”) – UNESCO/IOC-ITIC, 2010
  • Korean (17” x 22”) – ITIC, Korean Meteorological Administration, 2010
  • English (11” x 17”) - ITIC, 2005 (solid and picture background)
  • Sinhalese (11” x 17”) - ITIC, Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology, 2005
  • French (11” x 17”) - ITIC, LDG (France), 2006
  • Portuguese (11” x 17”) - ITIC, Instituto Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INAM, 
            Mozambique), 2008
  • Portuguese (11” x 17”) - ITIC, Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL, Portugal), 2010
 
 5) Tsunami Awareness - Safety Flyers (Sensing, Preparedness, Safety Rules, Boaters (8.5x11 inch)

  • English - ITIC, 2006, Revised 2011, 2013
  • Spanish- *Puerto Rico Seismic Network, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2007;
            Instituto Oceanográgico de la Armada (INOCAR), 2007
  • *Bahasa (Indonesia) - JTIC, 2007
  • Tongan - Tonga Meteorological Service, National Disaster Management Office, ITIC, 2007
  • *Portuguese - Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INAM, Mozmbique), ITIC, 2008

      USA - specific
  • Hawaii - Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, ITIC, revised 2014
  • *American Samoa (English, 2009; Samoan, 2011), NWS Pago Pago, ASG Dept. of
              Homeland Security, ITIC

  • Significant Earthquakes, 2150 B.C. to A.D. 2022 (2-sided, A2 size, 16.5" x 23.4") - ITIC,
            NCEI (formerly NGDC) / ICSU WDS-MGG, Revised 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
  • Significant Volcanic Eruptions Significant Volcanic Eruptions, 4360 B.C. to A.D. 2022
            (2-sided, A2 size, 16.5" x 23.4") - ITIC, NCEI (formerly NGDC) / ICSU
            WDS-MGG, Revised 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
  • Tsunami Sources 1610 B.C. to A.D. 2022 from Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions and Other
            Causes (2-sided, A2 size, 16.5" x 23.4") - ITIC, NCEI (formerly NGDC) / ICSU
            WDS-MGG
    • English, Revised 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
    • Spanish, Revised 2012
  • Tsunami Sources 1610 B.C to A.D 2020 Icosohedron - ITIC,
            NEIS (formerly NGDC) / ICSU WDS-MGG, Revised 2014, 2020
  • Historical Tsunamis (1530 to 2023, English; 1530 to 2020, Spanish) Caribbean, Central 
            America, Mexico and Adjacent Regions (A1-size, 23.4” x 33.1”) - ITIC, NCEI (formerly 
            NGDC) / ICSU WDS-MGG
    • English, 2017, Revised 2018, 2020, 2023,
    • Spanish, 2017, Revised 2018, 2020
  • Historical Tsunami Effects near the Tonga Trench (1837-2023) (27" x 38.75") - ITIC,
            NCEI (formerly NGDC) / ICSU WDS-MGG, English, 2017, Revised 2023
  • Historical Tsunami Effects in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (1768-2018)
            (27” x 39”) – ITIC, NCEI (formerly NGDC) / ICSU WDS-MGG, English, 2019
  • Historical Tsunamis Effects near the New Hebrides Trench (1849-2019) (27"x39") – ITIC,
            NCEI (formerly NGDC) / ICSU WDS-MGG, English, 2019

 

  • South-Central Chile Earthquake and Tsunami, 27 February 2010, 0634 UTC, Mw 8.8
  • Samoa Islands Earthquake and Tsunami - Effects in Tonga, 29 September 2009, 1748 UTC,
           Mw 8.1
  • Samoa Islands Earthquake and Tsunami - Effects in American Samoa, 29 September 2009, 
          1748 UTC, Mw 8.1
  • Samoa Islands Earthquake and Tsunami - Effects in Samoa, 29 September 2009, 1748 UTC, 
          Mw 8.1
  • Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami, 24 December 2004, 0059 UTC, 
          Mw 9.1
  • Izmit Bay, Turkey Earthquake and Tsunami, 17 August 1999, 0002 UTC, Mw 7.4<
  • Papua New Guinea Earthquakes and Tsunamis, 17 July 1998, 0849 UTC, Mw 7.0; 
          8 September 2002, 1844 UTC, Mw 7.6
  • Solomon Islands Earthquake and Tsunami, 1 April 2007, 2040 UTC, Mw 8.1
  • Tsunamis Impacting Hawai‘i Island, 1 April 1946, Mw8.6, Aleutian Islands; 22 May 1960,
          Mw9.5, Southern Chile; 29 November 1975, Mw7.7, Kalapana, Hawai‘i; 11 March 2011, 
          Mw9.1, Honshu, Japan
  • Tsunamis Impacting Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 1 April 1946, Mw 8.6, Aleutian Islands; 9 March 1957, 
           Mw 8.6, Aleutian Islands
  • Tsunamis Impacting Maui, Hawai‘i, 1 April 1946, Mw8.6, Aleutian Islands; 22 May 1960, 
           Mw9.5, Southern Chile
  • Tsunamis Impacting O‘ahu, 1 April 1946, Mw8.6, Aleutian Islands; 5 November 1952,
          Mw 9.0, Kamchatka; 9 March 1957, Mw 8.6, Aleutian Islands; 22 May 1960, Mw9.5,
          Southern Chile; 7 May 1986, Mw 8.0, Aleutian Islands
  • Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, 11 March 2011, 0546 UTC, Mw 9.0

 8) Survivor Stories and Lessons Learned

  • Remembering the 1945 Makran Tsunami, IOC Brochure, 2015-1 - IOTIC (formerly JTIC).
            English
  • Niuatoputapu Tsunami: Tongan survivor accounts of the 2009 South Pacific earthquake and
            tsunami - UNESCO/IOC- NOAA ITIC, Tonga Broadcasting Commission, 2013. English and
            Tongan.
  • 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Filipino Survivor Stories (Comic Book),
            Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), Japan National Research
            Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Japan International
            Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Tagalog, 2013,
            English 2015.
    • The Dangerous Road
    • My Last Sayonara
    • A Perilous Time
    • Renewed Hope

 9) Education

  • Save Your Lives from Tsunami!, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), 2004, in .mpg format
  • Preparing for Tsunamis, Escape the Tsunami, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA),
            2012-2013, in DVD format (on request)
  • Inamura no Hi (Japanese folk tale), ADRC, 2008, (Bangladesh, English, French, India (Hindi,
            Tamil), Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka)

14) US Awareness materials
  • Run to High Ground! (Native American folk tale), WA-EMD, PEP (Washington, USA), 2004,
            DVD and video
  • Tsunamis: Know What to Do!
    • English - San Diego Country Office of Emergency Service (California, USA), 2009, in
              DVD and video 
    • Spanish - Tsunamis: ¡Listos debemos estar!, Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico and San 
              Diego Country Office of Emergency Service (California, USA), 2013, Spanish, video
  • 'Tsunamis!' (2-min, Fast-Draw preparedmess video), NOAA, 2016, English & Spanish, video


15) Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS)


16) Tsunami Exercises

  • Guidance
    • How to Conduct Tsunami Drill, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
              Seismology
    • English - How to Plan, Conduct and Evaluate UNESCO/IOC Tsunami Wave
              Exercises, IOC MG58
    • Spanish - How to Plan, Conduct and Evaluate UNESCO/IOC Tsunami Wave
              Exercises, IOC MG 58
    • Tsunami Exercise Project, UNESCAP, IOC, IOTIC
  • Video
    • Communities Preparing for Tsunamis - International Tsunami Evacuation
              Drill, 2009, ITIC
    • Spanish – Prepardos Para un Tsunami, 2011
    • Shoalwater Tsunami Drill, 2010, ITIC
    • USA
      • Communities Preparing for Tsunamis - Kekaha School Tsunami
                Evacuation Drill, 2008, ITIC
      • Inside the Eye of the Storm the Cal OES/NOAA Tsunami Exercise, Cal
                OES, NOAA
      • Tsunami Warning System Test 2013 (Eureka, California), California EMA


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