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Natural Hazards: Tsunami facts and management. Geoscience Australia.

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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A Tsunami is a wave generated by the movement of water from the surface to the seafloor. A Tsunami will usually occur as a result of an earthquake, landslide or vulcanic eruption in or near surrounding oceans. Geoscience Australia have been monitoring Tsunamis for several years and have a website describing the causes, common impacts, warning systems, definitions and library catalogues. The website links to tsunami emergency management in Australia, the Pacific Tsunami warning centre, Japan meterological Agency- warning Tsunami, Alaska Tsunami warning centre, International Tsunami warning centre, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Tsunamis, Russian Tsunami Laboratory, Emergency Management Australia Library.

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Title Natural Hazards: Tsunami facts and management. Geoscience Australia.
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2ec00a9d-1b3f-40c0-ac49-15ffaf25b2c8
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
naturalhazards@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 12/12/2014
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Natural Hazards: Tsunami facts and management. Geoscience Australia.". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/natural-hazards-tsunami-facts-and-management-geoscience-australia