International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST) and Hawaii Post-tsunami survey event data, photographs and slides, and videos have been collected by ITIC and NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and collocated World Data Service for Geophysics (WDS) from 29 tsunamis around the world since 1946, including seven tsunamis that impacted the Hawaiian Islands.
In Hawaii, State and County government and private archives were inventoried and a historical tsunami photo drive was conducted asking residents to contribute photos from their family albums from the 1946, 1952, 1957, 1960, and 1964 tsunamis that hit Hawaii. These data, representing more than 6,000 photos and hours of videos are now digitally available, with metadata descriptions.
To summarize the events and show their impacts, short videos were created. Thirteen have been created to date and are available online from ITIC and NCEI (1998 Sissano and 2002 Wewak, Papua New Guinea; 1999 Izmit, Turkey; 2004 Indonesia; 2007 Solomon Islands; 2009 by country (American Samoa, Samoa, Tonga); 2010 Chile; 2011 Japan; 1946-2011 tsunamis affecting Hawaii by island (Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Big Island)).
The videos used the collected photographs, videos, and data from the NCEI Global Historical Tsunami Database that contains information on the tsunami source, tsunami run-ups and maximum wave heights, and its effects such as damage, deaths, and injuries. These videos support ITIC's public education and outreach mission by providing concise, informative, science-based visual summaries of important historical tsunamis.
Papua New Guinea Earthquakes and Tsunamis 17 July 1998, 0849 UTC, Mw 7.0 8 September 2002, 1844 UTC, Mw 7.6 (video, ITIC 2018) |
Izmit Bay, Turkey Earthquake and Tsunami 17 August 1999, 0002 UTC, Mw 7.4 (video, ITIC 2018) |
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami 24 December 2004, 0059 UTC, Mw 9.1 (video, ITIC 2018) |
Solomon Islands Earthquake and Tsunami 1 April 2007, 2040 UTC, Mw 8.1 (video, ITIC 2018) |
Samoa Islands Earthquake and Tsunami Effects in American Samoa 29 September 2009, 1748 UTC, Mw 8.1 (video, ITIC 2018) |
Samoa Islands Earthquake and Tsunami Effects in Samoa 29 September 2009, 1748 UTC, Mw 8.1 (video, ITIC 2018) |
Samoa Islands Earthquake and Tsunami Effects in Tonga 29 September 2009, 1748 UTC, Mw 8.1 (video, ITIC 2018) |
South-Central Chile Earthquake and Tsunami 27 February 2010, 0634 UTC, Mw 8.8 (video, ITIC 2018) |
South-Central Chile Earthquake and Tsunami 27 February 2010, 0634 UTC, Mw 8.8 (video, ITIC 2015) |
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 11 March 2011, 0546 UTC, Mw 9.0 (video, ITIC 2016) |
Tsunamis Impacting Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i 1 April 1946, Mw 8.6, Aleutian Islands 9 March 1957, Mw 8.6, Aleutian Islands (video, ITIC 2018) |
Tsunamis Impacting O‘ahu, Hawai‘i 1 April 1946, Mw 8.6, Aleutian Islands 5 November 1952, Mw 9.0, Kamchatka 9 March 1957, Mw8.6, Aleutian Islands 22 May 1960, Mw 9.5, Southern Chile 7 May 1986, Mw 8.0, Aleutian Islands (video, ITIC 2018) |
Tsunamis Impacting Maui, Hawai‘i 1 April 1946, Mw8.6, Aleutian Islands 22 May 1960, Mw9.5, Southern Chile (video, ITIC 2018) |
Tsunamis Impacting Hawai‘i Island 1 April 1946, Mw8.6, Aleutian Islands 22 May 1960, Mw9.5, Southern Chile 29 November 1975, Mw7.7, Kalapana, Hawai‘i 11 March 2011, Mw9.1, Honshu, Japan (video, ITIC 2018) |