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How Might it be Different Now?Now, 60 years later, there are different considerations for how the U.S. should respond to a similar disaster. Alaska is a seismically active area and has had other smaller earthquakes since the Great Alaska…

As the state’s premier emergency management agency, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) continues to monitor all disasters around the clock, including tsunamis.    Cal OES’ State Operations Center actively…

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the quake-devastated Noto Peninsula region March 22, praying for those who died and consoling evacuees. They flew by a Self-Defense Forces helicopter from…

Tsunami hazards in Washington State Tsunamis are large and potentially dangerous waves caused by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, exceptional weather systems, and meteorite impacts. Tsunamis have struck…

1. IntroductionAs Thucydides taught as early as the 5th century B.C., “One must know the past in order to understand the present and affect the future”. The “past teaches the future” concept stands at the basis of Uniformitarianism,…

USask assistant professor Colin Sproat stands by a wall of a quarry north of The Pas, Manitoba, one of the sites where the researchers found evidence of an ancient…

1. IntroductionHow can we effectively prepare for the possibility of a tsunami in the future to reduce the number of casualties? The 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean was generated by an earthquake that occurred at a depth of 30 km and…

1. IntroductionHow can we effectively prepare for the possibility of a tsunami in the future to reduce the number of casualties? The 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean was generated by an earthquake that occurred at a depth of 30 km and…

In this video message, NOS Deputy Assistant Administrator Rachael Dempsey shares how recent advancements in the GRAV-D project will help reduce risk for…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates the 25th anniversary of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. (Video Transcript)…

Fast Facts It's critical that the public receive alerts about destructive tsunamis. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sends tsunami alerts to the public via: Emergency broadcast messages on TV and…

Read the full story on Japan 2 Earth - Disaster Waste: Miyagi Prefecture Shares Cleanup Expertise in the Noto Quake Aftermath Dealing with disaster waste in Ishikawa Prefecture is a big issue. Debris from buildings that collapsed in…

Cattle walk at a mountain of dumped secondhand clothes in Accra, Ghana. It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their…

A Mainichi Shimbun drone recently captured video of areas of the Noto Peninsula left nearly untouched since they were devastated by the Jan. 1 earthquake and the following tsunami and fires. …

A Mainichi Shimbun drone recently captured video of areas of the Noto Peninsula left nearly untouched since they were devastated by the Jan. 1 earthquake and the following tsunami and fires. …

A movable seawall system, capable of generating sufficient electricity to raise gates and protect ports against tsunamis, has been proposed by researchers from Tokyo Tech. The system has been found feasible in areas prone to Nankai…

The locations of the Storegga slide and Storegga tsunami sediment deposits (red circles) with the run-up heights at each location indicated (produced in QGIS; based on…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares the news that NOAA and partners helped recover over $92 million from polluters to restore seven…

Nova, a local resort owner, remembers vividly the day the tsunami struck. “I was down in the village when they called me. First I was scared when they told me that the water is on the street. I was thinking first that I have to come back…

Powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Japan again, no tsunami warning yet World 2 min read…

Image Source : REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE symbolic photo Strong earthquake tremors were felt again in Japan. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Japan on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning has been…

At least 20 people reported dead since the 7.6 magnitude quake struck the west coast on New Year’s Day.At least 20 people have been reported dead after a massive earthquake hit the coast of central Japan on New Year’s Day with Prime…

A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate and prepare for possible aftershocks. A tsunami around 1 meter high struck parts…

Russia has been given a massive tsunami scare after a huge magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan.The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the earthquake, which had a depth of 13km, struck in the North Pacific…

On the morning of 26 December 2004, exactly 19 years ago, a mega earthquake hit northern Sumatra in Indonesia, triggering one of the largest tsunamis in the world. The epicentre of the earthquake was the off-west coast of northern…

We have released new tsunami inundation and current speed maps for the Chehalis, Hoquiam, Willapa, and Wishkah Rivers in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties. The maps show the modeled inundation from a Cascadia subduction zone…

A research team has developed an innovative new method to carry out tsunami hazard assessments, using Aotearoa New Zealand as a case study.Preliminary results indicate that some earthquakes produce overall maximum tsunami wave heights at…

A new tsunami vertical evacuation tower could be coming soon to the marina district in the city of Westport thanks to a federal grant shepherded by city officials and the mitigation section of the Washington Emergency…

Precision Marine Navigation Aerial view of Long Beach, California. Credit: iStock …

The National Ocean Service provides data, tools, and services that protect our ecosystems and enhance climate and economic resilience. In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf…

Transcript NARRATOR: December 26, 2004.  What began as an undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean ended as the most deadly tsunami in recorded history, with nearly 240,000 lives lost.…

Creating a habitat ecosystem map of the seafloor is a tricky process. Learn how it works in this two-minute video.

An ocean glider is an autonomous underwater vehicle used to collect ocean data. Scientists are now experimenting with using gliders to locate populations of spawning fish. The glider shown in this video is outfitted with an acoustic…

Remotely Operated Vehicles provides scientists with "eyeballs" beneath the water to see the health of the ecosystem.

On March 28, 2015, NOAA Ship Nancy Foster deployed an autonomous glider off the eastern coast of St. Croix. Diving down to depths of 656 feet, the glider moved westward along the southern edge of the shelf break. On the fifth day,…

Dock from 2011 Tsunami to be Dismantled Workers have begun staging equipment and dismantling the dock that came ashore on the…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares a major advancement in NOAA’s capability to predict high tide flooding that is available for public use. Learn more…

National Ocean Service: Positioning America for the Future Coastal watershed counties were home to 163.8 million people in 2010, approximately 52 percent of the United States population. This number is expected to increase by…

A stingray filmed by Remotely Operated Vehicle near St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, during a Caribbean coral reef mapping expedition in April, 2015.

A large group of invasive lionfish near St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, filmed during a Caribbean coral reef mapping expedition in April, 2015. During the 2015 Caribbean mapping expedition, 135 lionfish were spotted during a total of 26…

Transcript NARRATOR: It can be many miles long, from 1 to 100 feet high, traveling at 400 miles per hour. This ocean monster is known as a tsunami and it can wreak havoc on coastal populations and…

Transcript NARRATOR: These are the sounds of a tsunami warning.  They alert residents that a killer wave is about to strike. These sirens, however, are just a small part of the sophisticated warning…

Transcript NARRATOR: 80 miles east of Japan, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocks the ocean floor. This disturbance causes a transfer of energy from the seafloor to the ocean, generating a series of…

Transcript NARRATOR: On March 11, 2011 a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan generated a tsunami.  This series of ocean waves sped towards the island nation with waves reaching…

I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments across our programs in FY 2017. More than 40 examples of our success appear in the newly released Fiscal Year 2017 Year in Review. Here are some numbers that help…

<!--NOS by the Numbers--> Introduction NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) provides science-based solutions through collaborative partnerships to address the evolving economic, environmental, and…

2018 is the third International Year of the Reef—a platform to highlight the importance of coral reefs. Covering less than one percent of the planet, coral reefs are the home to 25 percent of marine species and supply food to millions of…

To acknowledge the importance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the world today, we celebrate GIS Day annually on the second Wednesday of November. GIS Day provides an international forum for users of GIS technology to…

Adm. Richard Brennan while commanding officer of NOAA Ship Rainier, circa 2013. This September marked the completion of the five-month expedition to the…

This report covers staff and program office accomplishments during fiscal year 2022, from new spatial models to help determine the best sites for new offshore wind farms to critical survey missions in the Great Lakes to…