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Summary

The Historical Tsunami Database for the Pacific (HTDB/PAC) was
established and is being maintained by the Novosibirsk Tsunami
Laboratory (NTL) of the Institute of Computational Mathematics and
Mathematical Geophysics ICM&MG, Siberian Division of Russian Academy
of Sciences since 1991. The initial data collection from the existing
tsunami catalogs and ... primary publications was made under the ETDB
(Expert Tsunami Database) Project supported by the Russian Foundation
of Basic Research (grants 93-05-14499 and 95-07-19335) and the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (contracts SC/RP
207.518.4 and SC/RP 207.566.6). The database can be accessed online
at:
http://tsun.sscc.ru/htdbpac/

The database consists of the two main sets of observational data
parametric source data ( event data ) and observed or measured run-up
heights ( run-up data ). The first set contains the source and some
integrated tsunami parameters for almost 1490 historical tsunamigenic
events occurred in the Pacific (within the area between 65S to 65N and
80E to 50W) from 47 B.C up to the present time. A set of parameters
includes the full date (Year, Mo, Da) and time ( Hr, Mn, Sec) of an
event, position of its source ( Lat, Long), the source depth Depth, the
basic set of source magnitudes (mb, Ms, Mw, Mt ), tsunami intensity I
(on the Soloviev-Imamura scale), tsunami magnitude m (on the
Imamira-Iida scale), the maximum observed run-up value Hmax, the total
number of available run-up and tide-gauge measurements N, damage code
D, the number of reported fatalities due to an event F, a cause of the
tsunami C , validity of an event V, warning status WS (where
available), tsunamigenic region code TR, the basic reference BR and a
brief description of the source region.

The second set contains nearly 8000 coastal run-up observations and
tide-gauge measurements of wave heights. This part of the database was
initially imported from the NGDC Worldwide Tsunami Database
(Lockridge, Dunbar, 1996) and in its considerable part it is still
fully identical to the NGDC run-up data file. Major improvements and
corrections were made for the Kuril-Kamchatka region (within the
ETDB/PAC Project) and for the US Pacific coast including Alaska and
Hawaii (within the HTDB/US Project). Also, we have added all the
accessible for us measurements of wave heights for the recent Pacific
tsunamis of 1992-1998 obtained in the post-event field surveys. For
each wave height record, a set of displayed parameters includes the
3-level name of the site (Region name, Area name and Site name), its
geographical coordinates (Lat, Long), the type of measurement T ( R -
run-up, T - tide-gauge) and the observed run-up height or the double
amplitude H (in meters).

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 65.0

S: -65.0

E: -50.0

W: 80.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Dr. Viacheslav K.Gusiakov Dataset Title: Historical Tsunami Database for the Pacific, 47 B.C - 2001 Dataset Release Date: 30 June 2001 Dataset Release Place: Novosibirsk, Russia Dataset Publisher: Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory (NTL) Version: 2.3 Online Resource: http://tsun.sscc.ru/htdbpac/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 0000-01-01

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 2050 ybp Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY  >  HOLOCENE

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > RUSSIA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > OCEANIA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHEASTERN ASIA CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHERN ASIA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > HYDROLOGICAL HAZARDS > TSUNAMIS OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > TSUNAMIS OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL COMPONENTS SOLID EARTH > SEISMOLOGY > EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCES SOLID EARTH > SEISMOLOGY > EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

TIDE GAUGES WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES

Ancillary Keywords

run-up data event data tsunamigenic events wave heights earthquakes

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NTL

Data Center

Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Data Center URL: http://tsun.sscc.ru/tsulab/tsun_hp.htm Data Center Personnel Name: VIACHESLAV K. GUSIAKOV Phone: (3832) 34-20-70 Fax: (3832) 32-42-59 Email: gvk at omzg.sscc.ru Contact Address: Tsunami Laboratory Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics (Computing Center) Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences City: Novosibirsk Postal Code: 630090 Country: Russia

Distribution

Distribution Media: online: web Distribution Format: ascii Fees: none

Personnel

VIACHESLAV K. GUSIAKOV Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (3832) 34-20-70 Fax: (3832) 32-42-59 Email: gvk at omzg.sscc.ru Contact Address: Tsunami Laboratory Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics (Computing Center) Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences City: Novosibirsk Postal Code: 630090 Country: Russia

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Access to Historical Tsunami Database for the Pacific from the TNL Link: GET DATA Description: Mirror site for the Historical Tsunami Database for the Pacific at NOAA/PMEL Link: GET DATA Description: Access to information and data from the NOAA/NGDC Tsunami Database Link: GET DATA Description: Tsunami data from NTL from other regions

Publications/References

Gusiakov V.K., Marchuk An.G., Osipova A.V. Expert tsunami database for
the Pacific: motivation, design and proof-of-concept demonstration/
Perspectives on Tsunami Hazard Reduction. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
1997, 21-43

Lockridge P., Dunbar P. (1996) Worldwide Tsunamis: 2000 ? 1995,
Boulder, Colorado, NOAA/NGDC Publication and Database, 31 pp.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-03-05 Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-01-31

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