USGS/IOC Seismology and Tsunami Warning (IOTWS), Sri Lanka, 3-7 April 2006

Sri Lanka Training Program in Seismology and Tsunami Warnings

Pelawatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
3-7 April 2006

To increase capacity building in Sri Lanka, instruction will cover the following areas:

• Global distribution and frequency of earthquakes, and relationship to plate tectonics
• Elastic Rebound Theory
• Paths taken by major body and surface wave phases (P, P, pP, sS, SKS, Love, Raleigh)
• Identifying P, S and surface waves in seismogram
• Hypocentral location and magnitude calculations
• Identifying different focal mechanisms
• Seismometer/recording station operations
• Physics of tsunamis and how they differ from wind-generated waves
• Steps involved in an end-to-end tsunami warning system
• What action to take in the event of an earthquake/tsunami warning

 Informational Documents