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Tsunami-proof design of Ocosta Elementary School, Washington. In the United States, there is a recognized lack of tsunami-proof design, especially in vital installations such as aging nuclear reactors in vulnerable regions. [3] For instance, the Unified Building Code of California does not have any provision about designing for tsunamis. [4]
A Caribbean-wide tsunami warning system was planned to be instituted by the year 2010, by representatives of Caribbean nations who met in Panama City in March 2008. Panama's last major tsunami killed 4,500 people in 1882. [7] Barbados has said it will review or test its tsunami protocol in February 2010 as a regional pilot. [8] [needs update]
In some regions, tsunami sirens are used to help alert the public. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), located on Ford Island, Hawaii, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
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The 2006 Kīholo Bay earthquake occurred on October 15 at 07:07:49 local time with a magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).The shock was centered 21 kilometers (13 mi) southwest of Puakō and 21 km (13 mi) north of Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi, just offshore of the Kona Airport, at a depth of 38.2 km (23.7 mi).
The most recent Nankai Trough quake happened in 1946 when a magnitude 8 tremor and 6.9-metre (22.6-ft) tsunami waves killed 1,330 people. ($1 = 147.0700 yen) (This story has been refiled to fix a ...
an earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters origin time - 0504 pm hst october 27, 2012 coordinates - 52.8 north 131.8 west location - queen charlotte islands region magnitude - 7.7 moment evaluation based on all available data the tsunami threat has decreased and is now at the advisory level and not expected to increase.