Earthquake and Tsunami in Sumatra and Indian Ocean

Links to information about this earthquake and the resulting tsunami are available below.

Sumatra - Andaman Islands EARTHQUAKE, December 26, 2005

• USGS - Current Earthquake Information for this event Lots of links to good information
• USGS - Tectonic Summary for this event
• EO Newsroom: - Earthquake Spawns Tsunamis
• Map of Rupture Area Compared with Cascadia Subduction Zone
• Map Showing Comparable Size of Fault Rupture Area vs. California
• Displacement of the sea floor caused by this earthquake (EO)
• Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami - Summary of information

EARTHQUAKES

• Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 - USGS
• NEIC: Near Real Time Earthquake List

Indian Ocean TSUNAMI, December 26, 2004

• NOAA News Online - NOAA Scientists Able To Measure Tsunami Height From Space
• EO Newsroom: - Earthquake Spawns Tsunamis
• EO Natural Hazards: Earthquake Spawns Tsunamis, with Travel Time Map
• EO Tsunami damage in Aceh Province, Sumatra
• EO Newsroom: New Images - Tsunami Destroys Lhoknga, Indonesia
• EO Newsroom: New Images - Phuket, Thailand
• Tsunami animation
• DigitalGlobe | QuickBird Images of Tsunami Sites Highly recommended
• DigitalGlobe: Sri Lanka - Beach near Kalutara
• DigitalGlobe Sample Imagery
• Indian Ocean Tsunami Imagery - Sri Lanka - GlobalSecurity
• National Institute of Oceanography, India - Tide Gauge Records

TSUNAMI

• Can it happen here in the United States?
• Tsunami Information Links - USGS
• Surviving A Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan (USGS) Very good, link to PDF document
• ITSU Tsunami Warning System - Pacific

Earthquake and Tsunami - News

• GOES Indian Ocean Date Coverage (IODC)
• GOES IR Image of Indian Ocean, shows any storms in area
• BBC NEWS | In Depth | 2004 | Asia quake disaster
• The World PRI BBC
• NPR - National Public Radio
• BBC News

Earthquake and Tsunami - HELP the Victims

• Charity Navigator - America's Largest Charity Evaluator

Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards in the Pacific Northwest

• Earthquake hazards in the Pacific Northwest
• Averting Surprises in the Pacific Northwest - USGS
• Magnitude 9 Megathrust Earthquake of January 26, 1700
• The Great Cascadia Earthquake of 26 January AD 1700
• Great Cascadia Earthquake Penrose Conference - Summary
• Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazard Studies
• Plate Tectonics and the Cascade Range (Map)- CVO (USGS)

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