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• - General information from the United States Geological Survey on how local tsunamis are generated by earthquakes with animations, virtual reality models of tsunamis and summaries of past research studies.
  
• - US NOAA web compilation of scientific reports and field surveys on this event and its aftermath.
  
• - Features a unique set of tsunami-related database, maps, sets, and publications.
  
• - Information brochures, reports and firsthand accounts of past tsunamis, and other information on preparedness and hazard mitigation.
  
• - Museum to promote public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. The museum will also preserve social and cultural history and serve as a living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events
  
• - Information about the 1960 Chilean tsunami. Includes map of Chile, death toll and damage in dollars.
  
• - Includes scenarios, images and animations.
  
• - Offers a brief overview of tsunamis and their formation, along with tips on preparation and mitigation.
  
• - Research from the Planetary Society Australian Volunteers.
  
• - Offers Federal, State, International, and multimedia links. From NOAA.
  
• - U.S. government program to mitigate tsunami hazards to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Includes tsunami event data, modeling and forecasting, effects mapping, FAQ, and real-time ocean data.
  
• - Tsunami Web Links, publications, and symposium proceedings. From the Western States Seismic Policy Council Earthquake Program Information Center (WSSPC).
  
• - Tsunami research; field surveys, numerical and analytical modeling, hazard mitigation and planning, locations of past tsunamis around the world, and video/animation of actual tsunamis. From University of Southern California.
  
• - Information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
  
• - Contemporary news accounts of three huge tidal waves which devastated villages in Papua New Guinea's remote northwest in 1998.
  
• - Survey, research, extensive links, general information.
  
• - Program designed to reduce the impact of tsunami and supported by United States Department of Commerce, NOAA, OAR and PMEL.