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This Special Issue of the ISN Current World Affairs Newsletter is
dedicated to natural disasters, with a focus on earthquakes and
tsunamis.


The first and second sections provide links to basic information on the
nature of earthquakes and tsunamis and how they originate, on their
effects, and on measuring natural disasters, including interactive
tools, maps, and statistics.


The last set of links offers information on the issue of early warning.
Since the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean that caused more than
200'000 deaths on 26 December 2004, there have been new discussions
on the necessity of an early warning system for the Indian Ocean.


All links have been added to the ISN Links Library
(www.isn.ethz.ch/linkslib) at:
http://www.isn.ch/pubs/ll/output.cfm...lib&Parent=205




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Earthquakes
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---Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), Kobe City, Japan---
ADRC promotes regional international cooperation on disaster
vulnerability and disaster countermeasures, provides disaster
reduction information, and carries out research into multinational
disaster reduction cooperation.
http://www.adrc.or.jp/top.php
(ID 11040)

---Current World Seismicity, by US Geological Survey (USGS),
Washington, DC, US---
This website provides information on global earthquake activities,
general information on earthquakes, and earthquake probabilities.
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/current/world.html
(ID 11011)

---Earthquake Hazards Program - Northern California, US Geological
Survey, Menlo Park, US---
This website offers general information and background knowledge on
functioning and emerging of earthquakes, a section on hazards and
preparedness, a glossary, a FAQ section, and additional research.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/basics.html
(11036)

---Earthquake Information Network (EQNET), by the Multidisciplinary
Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), Buffalo, US---
This website provides a broad collection of links on the earthquake
issue, including web connections to earthquake information services,
links on structural and geotechnical engineering, seismology,
disaster management, and a section on events and conferences.
http://www.eqnet.org/
(ID 11039)

---Swiss Seismological Service, Zurich, Switzerland---
The Swiss Seismological Service, at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic
(ETH), Zurich, offers general information on seismology, with a
special section containing information on the 26 December 2004
earthquake in South Asia. In German and English.
http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/
(ID 7906)

---The New Worldwide Earthquake Locator, Institute of Geography,
University of Edinburgh, UK---
This website offers information and detailed dynamic maps of
earthquakes across the world within 24 hours of their occurrence, as
well as a database of past earthquakes.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakes/quakes.html
(ID 11037)

---Virtual Earthquake, by the Department of Geological Sciences,
California State University, Los Angeles, US---
Virtual Earthquake is an interactive tool designed to demonstrate how
to locate the epicentre of an earthquake, and how to determine the
Richter magnitude of an earthquake.
http://vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/V...akeExecute.htm
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(ID 11041)

---How earthquakes happen, by the BBC---
This website provides information on tectonic processes that trigger
earthquakes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4126809.stm
(ID 11007)

---Seismosurfing the Internet for Earthquake Data - Expanded Version,
by The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN), University of
Washington, US---
This website provides a collection of links to original seismic data
or seismic research information.
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
(ID 11038)


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Tsunami
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---Surviving a Tsunami-Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan, by the
US Geological Survey (USGS), Washington, DC, US---
This publication provides information on tsunami occurrences in the
past, including information on tsunami characteristics.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
(ID 11046)

---Tsunamis, by the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center,
Palmer, US---
This website offers information on tsunamis, including statistics,
maps, characteristics, and the physics of tsunamis.
http://wcatwc.gov/subpage1.htm
(ID 11042)

---Surf's Up! by PBS Online---
This website provides basic knowledge and a quick introduction on
tsunamis featuring pictures, maps, and video files.
http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/tsunami/index.html
(ID 11047)


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Early Warning
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---Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, by UNESCO---
In the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake,
UNESCO is working to create a global early warning system similar to
those already existing in the Pacific Ocean. This website offers
information on UNESCO's activities regarding this issue.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=24497&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
(ID 11048)

---Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (PPEW), Bonn, Germany--
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The PPEW is dedicated to the reduction of the growing impacts of
disasters, through the systematic development of early warning
systems to notify residents of impending disasters. The website
provides theoretical information, a policy section, information on
conferences and events, and research results.
http://www.unisdr.org/ppew/
(ID 11043)

---Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, US---
This website provides tsunami warnings for most countries in the
Pacific Basin as well as for Hawaii and all other US interests in the
Pacific outside of Alaska and the US West Coast. The website also
provides general information on tsunamis.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/
(ID 11049)

---Tsunami early warning 'next year', by the BBC---
This 12 January 2005 article predicts that a tsunami early warning
system could be installed in the Indian Ocean region by June 2006.
Such a system already exists for the Pacific Ocean region.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4168917.stm
(ID 11044)

---Early Warning Proposals Were Turned Down, by Inter Press Service
News Agency (IPS), Rome, Italy---
This 12 January 2005 article discusses a 2-year-old project to
establish a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean that
was turned down, as concerned governments and donors did not act.
http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27006
(ID 11045)