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ICG/NEAMTWS Expert Meeting Group Picture, 28-30 November 2022, Naples, Italy.
ICG/NEAMTWS XVI Session, 2-4 December 2019, Cannes, France.
CoastWAVE project workshop on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the North-eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and the connected seas (NEAM) region. Credit: Piero Cruciaiti.
Four Tsunami Service Providers received Certificate of Accreditation at the 29th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly, 27 June 2017

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Deadly and Damaging Earthquake in Türkiye and Syrian Boarder, Tsunami-related Sea Level Anomalies Detected in Türkiye

Sunday, 12 February 2023

A deadly and damaging M7.8 earthquake hit southern Türkiye at 4:17 local time (01:17 UTC) on 6 February 2023 (Fig 1). According to the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute in Türkiye – (KOERI), the earthquake occurred near the Syrian border at 90 km from the coast. The earthquake was felt as far as Cyprus, Egypt and Lebanon. The UNESCO/IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for...

Launch of the NEAMTWS 2030 Strategy and Tsunami Ready Posters – Advancing towards an effective tsunami early warning and...

Tuesday, 09 May 2023

A ceremony took place on 12 April 2023 to launch the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the North-eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and connected seas Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/NEAMTWS) 2030 Strategy (Technical Series and Brochure); and two new Tsunami Ready and Coastal Hazard Ready Posters. The ceremony was organized during the ICG/NEAMTWS Steering Committee meeting, 1...

New ocean observing technologies to advance vital Tsunami Warning Systems

Thursday, 31 August 2023

In 2004, when the Indian Ocean Tsunami hit 14 countries and killed more than 230,000 people, there was no tsunami warning system present in the Indian Ocean - nor in many other regions. “In fact, apart from the Pacific, there was almost no exchange of real-time data that is needed for tsunami warnings, and no deep-ocean monitoring systems in place,” says Denis Chang Seng, programme specialis...

Upcoming Tsunami Exercise for the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Friday, 13 October 2023

Countries around the North-eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Connected Seas (known as the NEAM region) are gearing up for a tsunami communication test and response exercise scheduled for 6 and 7 November 2023. This exercise coincides with World Tsunami Awareness Day, celebrated annually on 5 November.

National Stakeholders in Larnaka Town Gathered to Decide on the State-of-the-Art Mapping Tools for Tsunami Evacuation

Monday, 30 October 2023

In the pursuit of enhancing the tsunami preparedness of coastal communities, the IOC/UNESCO together with the Seismology Team at the Geological Survey Department of Cyprus, organized between 26-27 September, 2023 a workshop focused on developing tsunami evacuation maps for Larnaka, a coastal town that aspires to attain UNESCO IOC Tsunami Ready status by mid-2024. Participants of the workshop T...

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