
The Tsunami Disaster	Legal notice

The JRC tsunami wave modelling system is now fully integrated in the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, which is maintained by JRC. Please refer to http://www.gdacs.org for information on recent tsunamis.

This web site refers mostly to the tsunami of 2004 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

You will be redirected to the GDACS website in a few seconds.

Click on the country to get maps and news related to that country or click below.
Regional and thematic maps
Events Recorded map

This web site is a joint effort of the JRC and its partners to support humanitarian aid and reconstruction, to report the major findings and lessons learnt and to provide complementary information on the Tsunami.

International Workshop on Tsunami Modelling

JRC Ispra, 5-6 October 2006

Information in support of humanitarian aid and reconstruction

Analyses : event assessment and studies
Maps : damage assessment by country maps and regional maps of the Tsunami region
Disaster Alert System : automatic disaster alert system also available by sms, xml and email
Interactive Maps: Digital Map Archive of the whole world
News Reports on Tsunami and Country Reports : News gathered automatically through Europe Media Monitor
Country Reports: General reports of the status of the disaster in the affected countries

Complementary information on the tsunami disaster

Simulation performed on the Event : simulations performed after the event
Images of the Tsunami : collection of some videos taken at the arrival of the wave
Relevant Links : relevant links on the subject

Contacts

Joint mapping team of UNOSAT, DLR, Infoterra UK and JRC

JRC coordinator: delilah.al-khudhairy@jrc.it, Jean-Paul.Malingreau@cec.eu.int
UNOSAT: Alain Retiere Alain.Retiere@cern.ch
Infoterra UK: Alex Irving alex.irving@infoterra-global.com
DLR: Stefan Voigt stefan.voigt@dlr.de

JRC units involved

- SES (IPSC): delilah.al-khudhairy@jrc.it

- HA (IPSC): gerald.vollmer@cec.eu.int

- ELSA(IPSC): michel.geradin@jrc.it

- AGRIFISH (IPSC): jacques.delince@jrc.it

- GVM (IES): alan.belward@jrc.it

On-line procedure to calculate the Tsunami wave propagation:

The JRC Tsunami Model

Events

28 Feb 2005 3:17:00 PM
Seminar on Tsunami in the Comune of Ispra A seminar was requested by the Comune of Ispra to present the work performed ...

18 Jan 2005 10:43:00 AM
The European Commission supports the UN Disaster Reduction Conference in Kobe Press release by EC...

18 Jan 2005 9:46:00 AM
Press Release for the Kobe Conference ...

18 Jan 2005 9:39:00 AM
Opening of the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction Opening Ceremony for the Kobe Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, ...

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Latest added documents

10 Feb 2005 4:21:00 PM
The Tsunami Event: Analysis and Models The first part of the report is aimed at the presentation of the calculations, ...

10 Feb 2005 4:21:00 PM
The Tsunami Event: Analysis and Models The animation is performed with the JRC Tsunami model, which allows to ...

1 Feb 2005 12:22:00 PM
Mapping severe damage to S.E. Asia's land cover following the Tsunami To help quantify the extent of the damage to the region's land resources ...

21 Jan 2005 10:29:00 AM
Tsunami web page in NEDIES NEDIES is a European Commission project developed in the framework of ...

21 Jan 2005 10:26:00 AM
Pacific Disaster Center PDC is collecting information resources for the public on this disaster. ...

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