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Displaying 45 of about 65 resultsTechnology and Disaster Risk Reduction: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (PRiMO) conference is the premier venue for community leaders interested in protecting Pacific Island communities from natural hazards. Each year, hundreds of participants gather to make connections, learn from each other, discuss ongoing initiati…
This report, a product of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) SimCenter, provides an overview and review of simulation requirements and software tools for natural hazards engineering of the built environment. Ultimately, the goal is to enable high-fidelity and high-resolution models in regional simulations that can support te…
The Great East Japan Earthquake, which took place on 11 March 2011, was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, reaching a magnitude of 9.0 and bringing unprecedented disaster to the Tohoku region and other areas. The quake triggered a massive tsunami that engulfed many towns along the Pacific coast, especially in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushi…
Researchers have developed a global earthquake monitoring system that uses the Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) to measure crustal deformation.
The monitoring system within seconds can rapidly assess earthquake magnitude and fault slip distribution for earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 and larger, making it a potentially valuable tool in earthqua…
By Sophie Kemkhadze
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Since that tragic catastrophe [2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami], Indonesia has created the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and its local counterparts to manage disasters and established nationwide early warning systems. Communities throughout the country have been more informed with preventive steps with s…
By Magdalena Osumi
Drawing lessons from one of the worst disasters in the nation’s history, a team of Japanese researchers is developing an artificial intelligence-based tsunami-forecasting system set for release in fiscal 2020 that could help limit loss of life and property in future calamities.
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The team, made up of researchers from risk manag…
The southeast flank of Mount Etna slowly slides towards the sea. A team of scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Kiel cluster of excellence “The Future Ocean” showed for the first time movement of Etna’s underwater flank using a new, sound-based geodetic monitoring network. Within eight days, the flank slipped about fou…
PARIS, 17 October, 2018 - A meeting to raise tsunami awareness opened with one minute’s silence yesterday in memory of the 2,000 confirmed dead and 680 officially missing in the tsunami and earthquake which struck Indonesia on September 28.
The double disaster left almost 70,000 people homeless and 11,000 injured in the Indonesian cities of P…
PARIS, 24 February 2017 – Deploying the power of technology worldwide and ensuring that communities know how to act in an emergency are the keys to curbing the risks posed by tsunamis, experts said this week.
Senior officials from the world’s regional tsunami alert centres have spent the past four days taking stock of progress in the development and im…
Deep learning could save lives by slashing the time needed to predict the height and reach of large tsunamis.
Detailed predictions about how an approaching tsunami will impact the northeastern coastline in Japan can be made in fractions of a second rather than half an hour or so—buying precious time for people to take appropriate action1. This potentia…
GENEVA, 8 February 2013 - Work is entering the final stages on UNISDR's new edition of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13) which will appear in May this year. It is already being hailed by many peer reviewers as a "pioneering" piece of work because of its focus on risk as a major blind spot for the private sector.
UNISDR Chi…
GENEVA, 17 April 2013 - Outer space isn't a place organizations usually think of when looking to build resilience and reduce disaster risks. Yet, this is exactly where participants' minds were when experts were invited by UNISDR and the UN's Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) to discuss the incorporation of space technology into the post-2015 disas…
A new study finds the magnetic field generated by a tsunami can be detected a few minutes earlier than changes in sea level and could improve warnings of these giant waves.
Tsunamis generate magnetic fields as they move conductive seawater through the Earth’s magnetic field. Researchers previously predicted that the tsunami’s magnetic field would arriv…
The first report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Tsunami Science and Technology Advisory Panel advises the NOAA Administrator on matters regarding tsunami science, technology, and regional preparedness.
The report provides eight major recommendations:
Improve unification and capabilities of the Tsunami Forecast Syst…
The Pujiono Centre conducts monthly discussions on contemporary issues in disaster risk reduction. Located in a green lush village in Yogyakarta - geoscience experts will discuss the recent earthquake and tsunami phenomenon in Indonesia.
Speakers
Dr. Daryono, M. Si - Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), Jakarta
Dr. Eng. Gu…