Document List

Publications

Title File
1 Tsunami SOP Manual v 0.4

2 Ocean Literacy and the IOC

3 Public Education on Tsunami Hazard - South China Sea

4 Technical guidance for monitoring and reporting on progress in achieving the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

5 ICG_PTWS Report to TOWS TTDPM_2018

6 Tsunami Hazard in Central America: Historical Events and Potential Sources. San José, Costa Rica, 23–24 June 2016

7 Tsunami Ready Toolkit: Tsunami Ready Workflow (2025)

8 Tsunami Ready Toolkit: Definition of a Tsunami Ready Community

9 IOC/2013/TS/105 REV.3
User's guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: enhanced products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System

10 IOC/BRO/2010/4
Where the first wave arrives in minutes: Indonesian lessons on surviving tsunamis near their sources; public knowledge, natural warnings, and evacuation strategies that helped people live through fast-arriving tsunamis in Aceh and Southern Java

11 ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-IV/3
Fourth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South China Sea Region

12 IOC Technical Series 73
NEAMTWS Implementation Plan

13 IOC Technical Series 73
NEAMTWS Implementation Plan

14 IOC/2008/TS/73
Implementation Plan of the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North Easthern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas

15 IOC/2008/TS/77
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS), 12 September 2007 Indian Ocean tsunami event, post-event assessment of IOTWS performance

16 IOC/2008/TS/81
IOTWS Implementation Plan for Regional Tsunami Watch Providers (RTWP)

17 IOC/2008/TS/85rev
Tsunami Glossary

18 IOC/2009/MG/50
Hazard awareness and risk mitigation in integrated coastal area management

19 IOC/2009/MG/52
Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation for the Indian Ocean: knowing your tsunami risk and what to do about it

20 IOC/2010/TS/90
12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake and tsunami event: post-event assessment of CARIBE EWS performance

Executive summary in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese.

21 IOC/2010/TS/92
27 February 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami event: post-event assessment of PTWS performance

22 IOC/2011/MG/57 REV.2.
Reducing and managing the risk of tsunamis

23 IOC/2011/TS/78
Implementation Plan for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

24 IOC/2011/TS/87 REV. (2nd ed.)
Operational users guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS)

25 IOC/2011/TS/91
Compendium of Definitions and Terminology on Sea-level-Related Hazards, Disasters, Vulnerability and Risks in a coastal context

26 IOC/2011/TS/98 REV.3
Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: First Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (ECTE1); exercise manual and evaluation report

27 IOC/2012/MG/58 REV.
How to plan, conduct and evaluate UNESCO/IOC tsunami wave exercises

28 IOC/2012/MG/61REV.
Coastal Management approaches to sea level related hazards

29 IOC/2012/MG/69
A guide to tsunami for hotels

30 IOC/2012/TS/102 Vol.1, Vol.2
Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas. Second Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (CTE2). Exercise Manual and Evaluation Report

31 IOC/2012/TS/103 VOL.1.
Exercise NEAMWAVE 12: A tsunami warning and communication exercise for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region, 27-28 November 2012, volume I (Exercise Manual)

32 IOC/2012/TS/104
Seísmo y tsunami del 27 de agosto de 2012 en la costa del Pacífico frente a El Salvador y seísmo del 5 de septiembre de 2012 en la costa del Pacífico frente a Costa Rica. Evaluación subsiguiente sobre el funcionamiento del PTWS

33 IOC/2012/TS/78
Implementation Plan for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

34 IOC/2013/MG/65
Tsunami preparedness civil protection: good practices guide

35 IOC/2013/TS/105 REV
User's guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: enhanced products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System

36 IOC/2013/TS/107 REV.
Tsunami Public Awareness and Education Strategy for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

37 IOC/2013/TS/108
Medium-term strategy: Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS MTS), 2014-2021

38 IOC/2013/TS/78Rev.
Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS), Implementation Plan 2013–2017

39 IOC/2013/WR/255
Earthquake and tsunami hazard in Northern Haiti: historical events and potential sources

40 IOC/2014/MG/37, 2nd Edition
International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST) Post-Tsunami Survey Field Guide

41 IOC/2014/TS/114Vol.1
Exercise NEAMWAVE 14. A Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise for the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region, 28–30 October 2014, Volume I: Manual

42 IOC/2014/TS/116 Vol.1 and Vol.2
Third Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (CTE3),Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas. 1st October 2013. Volume 1 and Volume 2: Exercise Manual and Evaluation Report

43 IOC/2014/TS/118 Vol.1
Exercise Caribe Wave/Lantex 15. A Caribbean and Northwestern Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise, 25 March 2015. Volume 1: Participant Handbook

44 IOC/2014/WR/266
IOC-UNESCO-ISESCO Workshop on Improving Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response in the North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Connected Seas: Summary Recommendations, Rabat, Morocco, 23–24 September 2014

45 IOC/2015/TS/109 Vol.2
Exercise Caribe Wave/Lantex 14. A Caribbean and Northwestern Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise, 26 March 2014. Volume 2: Evaluation Report.

46 IOC/2016/MG/14 VOL.5.
Manual on sea level measurement and interpretation, v. V: Radar gauges

47 IOC/2021/MG/74
IOC Manuals and Guides No. 74 Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme

This document presents the Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme based on the review process undertaken. The first section includes the framework and background information; ...

48 IOC/2024/TS/183
Monitoring and Warning for Tsunamis Generated by Volcanoes. 2024. Paris, UNESCO. (IOC Technical Series No. 183)

49 IOC/BRO/2011/2
North-Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Information Centre

50 IOC/BRO/2012/1
Japan/UNESCO/UNU International Symposium (on) The Great East Japan Tsunami and Tsunami Warning Systems: Policy Perspectives; Summary statements

51 IOC/BRO/2012/4
Tsunami: The Great Waves

52 IOC/BRO/2012/6
Understanding tsunamis: A guide for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

53 IOC/BRO/2012/7
What is a tsunami?

54 IOC/BRO/2012/8
Tsunami Safety Rules

55 IOC/BRO/2013/6
North-Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System (NEAMTWS)

56 IOC/BRO/2014/1
Getting Ready for TSUNAMIS

57 IOC/BRO/2014/2
Surviving a tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan

58 IOC/BRO/2014/6
Exercise NEAMWAVE 14 Flyer. A Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise for the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region.

59 IOC/BRO/2023/4
Research, Development and Implementation Plan for the Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme -Executive Summary

60 IOC/INF.1124; SC.99/WS/36 REV. (Eng. only)
ITSU Master Plan

61 SC-2006/WS/38
Manual on Sea-level Measurements and Interpretation, Volume IV: An update to 2006

62 SC-98/WS-24
Post-tsunami Survey Field Guide

63 SC.2005/WS/51
International Conference for the Establishment of a Tsunami and Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, Mexico City, Mexico, 1-3 June 2005

64 SC.2006/WS/39 REV.
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS): implementation plan

65 SC.2006/WS/39 REV.
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS): implementation plan

66 SC.2008/WS/5
Tsunami preparedness: information guide for disaster planners

67 WR 275
Scientific Meeting of Experts for Coordinated Scenario Analysis of Future Tsunami Events and Hazard Mitigation Schemes for the South China Sea Region Xiamen, China 16–18 November 2015

68 WR 291
IOC-UNESCO. 2020. Experts Meeting on Sources of Tsunamis in the Lesser Antilles. Fort-de-France, Martinique (France), 18–20 March 2019.

69 WR-289
UNESCO/IOC 2020 - Expert meeting on tsunami sources, hazards, risk and uncertainties associates with the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone

70 WR-295
UNESCO-IOC. 2021. Expert Meeting on Tsunami Sources, Hazards, Risk and Uncertainties Associated with the Colombia-Ecuador Subduction Zone. Guayaquil, Ecuador, 27–29 January 2020

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