U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
Your official U.S. government weather forecasts, warnings, meteorological products for forecasting the weather, tsunami hazards, and information about seismology.
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
The U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers issue tsunami messages to notify emergency managers, the public, and other partners about the potential for a tsunami following a possible tsunami-generating event.
Tsunami warnings in California and Oregon lifted after 7.0 …
Dec 5, 2024 · An earthquake ruptured off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon.
NWR Tsunami Alerting Areas - National Weather Service
The maps below show the tsunami alerting areas and nearby stations that provide these warnings and alerts for the corresponding regions. Tsunami alerts broadcast over NWR include Tsunami Watches, Advisories, and Warnings.
Tsunami Warning Centers - National Weather Service
NOAA's two tsunami warning centers are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The main mission of the warning centers is to help protect life and property from tsunamis. To do this, warning center staff monitor for tsunamis and the earthquakes that may cause them, forecast tsunami impacts, issue tsunami messages, conduct public outreach and ...
Forecast & Warning | NOAA Tsunami
Subsequent messages and alerts are based on impact estimation resulting from additional seismic analysis, water-level measurements, tsunami forecast model results, and historical tsunami information.
NOAA Tsunami
Forecast & Warning. Tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii monitor the globe for earthquakes that might generate a tsunami and issue warning guidance to all coastal regions of the United States upon detection and evaluation. Archive
Quake prompts brief tsunami warning on the West Coast. Here's …
Dec 5, 2024 · The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people along a stretch of the West Coast — from Northern California to Oregon — before being canceled.
Understanding Tsunami Alerts - National Weather Service
For U.S. and Canadian coastlines, these messages include alerts. There are four levels of tsunami alerts: warning, advisory, watch and information statement: Tsunami Warning: Take Action—Danger! A tsunami that may cause widespread flooding is expected or occurring.
Strong earthquake hits southwestern Japan, triggering tsunami warnings ...
2 days ago · Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country, country's Meteorological Agency said Monday. The public warnings to stay away from coastal ...