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Tsuinfo Alert, August 2002 Contents Volume 4, Number 4, August 2002 Special Features Tsunami Hazard Mapping of Alaska Coastal Communities, by Nominations Sought for the Hagemeyer Award E.N. Suleimani, R.A. Combellick, R.A. Hansen, and G.A. Carver........4 The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Earthvu Geographic Display.....................................................................................................9 has announced The Richard H. Hagemeyer Tsunami Darwin's Earthquake/Tsunami, by Charles Darwin....................................16 Mitigation Award and is seeking nominations of indi- Other 1835 Darwinia..................................................................................19 viduals or groups concerned with tsunami mitigation. Concepcíon, Chile Earthquake and Tsunami-- Other Eyewitness Each year the Richard H. Hagemeyer Award will recog- Accounts..................................................................................................21 The 1835 Chilean Earthquake/Tsunami, by Jorge Quezada Flory..............21 nize the project or program that best exemplifies the Dreams Dissipated, by Mark Twain............................................................22 establishment of tsunami-resistance in U.S. coastal com- September Is Weather Radio Awareness Month in Washington, by munities. Nominations are encouraged for projects and Ted Buehner...........................................................................................25 programs that address one or more of these areas: Departments - Improving tsunami education Tsunami Program News ............................................................................. 1 - Providing tools and training for construction, land-use Historic Tsunami Events.............................................................11 planning, and/or emergency planning and response in Hazard Mitigation News ...........................................................................12 tsunami inundation zones Infrequently Asked Questions ...................................................................24 - Creating and strengthening links within and among Conferences and Training..........................................................................26 Publications .............................................................................................. 27 coastal communities and states to support long-term tsu- Websites ................................................................................................... 29 nami mitigation New Tsunami Mitigation Materials .......................................................... 31 - Improving the tsunami mitigation science infrastruc- Website of the Month ................................................................................33 ture Video Reservations .................................................................................... 34 Directories ................................................................................................ 35 - Encouraging local innovation and sponsorship of tsu- nami mitigation programs For information on the award and how to apply, see: TSUNAMI PROGRAM NEWS http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/Hagemeyer _main.html. Program Funding Status Nominations must be received by September 1, A press release from Senator Daniel K. Inouye (Dem.- 2002. HI) announced that the Senate subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary has approved $71 million for Hawaii and Pacific projects. The bill was sent to the full Committee July 16, 2002. TIME Inundation Mapping Tsunami Hazard Mitigation: $6.3 million funding The Center for Tsunami Inundation Mapping Efforts (shared with west coast states). This program benefits (TIME), a project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitiga- Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington and focuses on tion Program, was created to assist the Pacific States in the efforts to reduce tsunami risks to coastal residents. This development and maintenance of maps which identify areas national program's accomplishments include deploying of potential tsunami flooding. tsunami detection buoys, producing tsunami inundation maps, and upgrading seismic networks. Puget Sound Tsunami Sources Workshop Note from Eddie Bernard: "This is just a Senate sub- NOAA, USGS, and the Washington State Emergency committee recommendation, but it represents a favorable, Management Division organized a workshop on 10 June tangible reaction to our August 2001 review." 2002 to discuss possible tsunami sources in Puget Sound. To track the status of the FY03 appropriations bills, go Source scenarios, including earthquakes, delta failures, and to http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app03.html subaerial/subaqueous landslides were discussed. continued, p. 3 TsuInfo Alert is published bi-monthly by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources. This publication is free upon request and is available in print (by surface mail), electronically (by e-mail), and at http://www.wa.gov/dnr/htdocs/ger/tsuinfo/index.html TsuInfo Alert and the TsuInfo document delivery program are made possible by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency via the Washington Military Department, Division of Emergency Management. Participants in the TsuInfo program can request copies of reports listed in this issue from: Library Washington Department of Natural Resources Division of Geology and Earth Resources P.O. Box 47007 Olympia, WA 98504-7007 ph: 360/902-1472 or 360/902-1473 fax: 360/902-1785 e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] prepared by Connie J. Manson, Senior Library Information Specialist and Lee Walkling, Library Information Specialist The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Washington Department of Natural Resources or of the sponsors of TsuInfo Alert. 2 TsuInfo Alert, v. 4, no. 4, August, 2002 (continued, from p. 1) Quinault Indian Nation TsunamiReady/StormReady The TIME Workshop is a new effort to provide emer- ceremony May 30, 2002 gency managers and inundation modelers with online GIS The Quinault Tribal Nation became the first Native analysis tools inundation modeling and maps. This site American community to receive the TsunamiReady and (http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/time/workshop/index. StormReady designations at a ceremony conducted by shtml) is currently under construction. Grays Harbor County Sheriff Michael J. Whelan. Speakers included Chris Jonientz-Trisler (FEMA, Region X), Craig Data Grids for California Weaver (USGS), John Pennington (FEMA), Chris Hill TIME is working with USC to develop 3-arcsecond (NWS), Gene Woodbury (WA. EMD), and Pearl Capoe- data grids for the state of California. The data grids will man-Baller (President of the Quinault Nation). Chris Hill cover the entire coastal state region. TIME is working from and Ted Buehner presented Pearl and other attending coun- south to north. Initial grids will be used to model Orange cil members with the TsunamiReady and StormReady signs. and Ventura counties. Pearl thanked the agencies that partnered with the Qui- naults: FEMA, NOAA, NWS, USGS, Washington Emer- Inundation Modeling in Washington gency Management Division, and the Grays Harbor Emer- TIME is currently modeling the eastern Strait of Juan gency Management. de Fuca in Washington. This mapping project will include Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources the communities of Bellingham, Anacortes, and northwest- provided a poster, NWS provided brochures and handouts, ern Whidbey Island. Washington State EMD brought handouts and educational items. Alaska's Inundation Mapping Projects For details on the TsunamiReady program, go to Work is underway in Alaska for the communities of http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/its2001/Separate_Papers/ Homer and Seldovia. TIME is working with Alaska's Tsunami_Ready_Form.pdf modelers to develop bathymetric/topographic data grids for this area. TIME is also collecting bathymetry and topog- raphy for Seward. Oregon Assessment Oregon began creating inundation maps for its coastal regions in 1997. 39 communities will be covered in 9 map- ping efforts. Hawaii Assessment Hawaii began creating new inundation maps for its coastal regions in 1999. 28 communities will be covered in 9 mapping efforts. from: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/time/index.shtml http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/time/or/index.shtml http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/time/hi/index.shtml From left to right, Tribal President Pearl Capoeman-Baller, FEMA Regional Director John Pennington, and Washington Emergency Manage- ment Division Director Glen Woodbury (photo by Chris Jonientz-Trisler/ FEMA. News Photo at http://www.fema.gov/regions/x/ph_regx.shtm Cannon Beach, Oregon will become Oregon's first TsunamiReady Community in a ceremony on August 12, 2002! TsuInfo Alert, v. 4, no. 4, August 2002 3 TSUNAMI HAZARD MAPPING OF ALASKA COASTAL COMMUNITIES by E.N. Suleimani (1), R.A. Combellick (2), R.A. Hansen (1), and G.A. Carver (3) (1) Alaska Earthquake Information Center, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska ( 2) Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska (3) Humboldt State University, Kodiak, Alaska originally published in Alaska GeoSurvey News, v. 6, no. 2, June 2002. reprinted with permission *Bolded words are defined in glossary. Introduction pared with any observations from historical tsunamis in the Alaska has the greatest earthquake and tsunami poten- region, if
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