International Tsunami Information Center https://legacy.itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php 2024-07-31T08:36:48+00:00 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2010-12-28T23:42:27+00:00 2010-12-28T23:42:27+00:00 https://legacy.itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1678:where-the-first-wave-arrives-in-minutes&catid=2191&Itemid=2314 ITIC itic.tsunami@noaa.gov

<div class="feed-description"><p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_ba_low.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_ba_low_thumbnail.jpg" alt="where the first wave arrives in minutes ba low thumbnail" width="180" height="135" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/docs/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_sm_04.12.12.jpg" alt="where the first wave arrives in minutes" width="180" height="127" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/donde_llega_la_primera_ola_en_pocos_minutos_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/donde_llega_la_primera_ola_en_pocos_minutos_sml.jpg" alt="donde llega la primera ola en pocos minutos" width="180" height="128" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_fr_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_fr_sml_thumbnail.jpg" alt="En quelques minutes, la première vague déferle" width="180" height="127" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">This new booklet is intended for people who live, work, or vacation on shores worldwide where fast-arriving tsunamis may strike. The booklet draws survival lessons from eyewitness accounts of the tsunami of December 26, 2004 in Aceh, and of the July 17, 2006 tsunami on the south coast of Java.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">The lessons have three main themes. First, several kinds of knowledge provide the earliest warnings of tsunami hazard, during the decades before a tsunami begins. Among warnings of a tsunami underway, earthquake shaking provides the most immediate natural signal to go to high ground. This reaction, in turn, is among nine survival tactics illustrated by the eyewitness accounts.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">“Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes” was compiled by Eko Yulianto, Fauzi Kusmayanto, Nandang Supriyatna, and Mohammad Dirhamsyah. It was adapted for international audiences by Brian F. Atwater, Eko Yulianto, and Ardito M. Kodijat, and it was produced by the Jakarta Tsunami Information Centre (JTIC). The booklet was printed in 2010 for UNESCO/IOC – NOAA International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. <br />&nbsp;</p> <table border="1" style="width: 100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" align="center" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p align="center"><strong>Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>Bahasa Indonesia (2009)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_ba_low.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp; 2.83&nbsp;</strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>English (2010)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/docs/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1.80 </strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>Spanish (2010)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/donde_llega_la_primera_ola_en_pocos_minutos_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp; 2.40 </strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>French (2013)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_fr_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp; 2.50 </strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class="feed-description"><p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_ba_low.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_ba_low_thumbnail.jpg" alt="where the first wave arrives in minutes ba low thumbnail" width="180" height="135" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/docs/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_sm_04.12.12.jpg" alt="where the first wave arrives in minutes" width="180" height="127" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/donde_llega_la_primera_ola_en_pocos_minutos_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/donde_llega_la_primera_ola_en_pocos_minutos_sml.jpg" alt="donde llega la primera ola en pocos minutos" width="180" height="128" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_fr_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_fr_sml_thumbnail.jpg" alt="En quelques minutes, la première vague déferle" width="180" height="127" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">This new booklet is intended for people who live, work, or vacation on shores worldwide where fast-arriving tsunamis may strike. The booklet draws survival lessons from eyewitness accounts of the tsunami of December 26, 2004 in Aceh, and of the July 17, 2006 tsunami on the south coast of Java.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">The lessons have three main themes. First, several kinds of knowledge provide the earliest warnings of tsunami hazard, during the decades before a tsunami begins. Among warnings of a tsunami underway, earthquake shaking provides the most immediate natural signal to go to high ground. This reaction, in turn, is among nine survival tactics illustrated by the eyewitness accounts.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">“Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes” was compiled by Eko Yulianto, Fauzi Kusmayanto, Nandang Supriyatna, and Mohammad Dirhamsyah. It was adapted for international audiences by Brian F. Atwater, Eko Yulianto, and Ardito M. Kodijat, and it was produced by the Jakarta Tsunami Information Centre (JTIC). The booklet was printed in 2010 for UNESCO/IOC – NOAA International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. <br />&nbsp;</p> <table border="1" style="width: 100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" align="center" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p align="center"><strong>Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>Bahasa Indonesia (2009)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_ba_low.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp; 2.83&nbsp;</strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>English (2010)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/docs/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1.80 </strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>Spanish (2010)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/donde_llega_la_primera_ola_en_pocos_minutos_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp; 2.40 </strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;" align="right"> <div align="center"><strong>French (2013)<br /></strong></div> </td> <td style="width: 34%;" bgcolor="#f0e68c"> <p align="center"><strong><strong><a href="images/stories/awareness_and_education/where_the_first_waves/where_the_first_wave_arrives_in_minutes_fr_sml.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="images/stories/oldsite/upload/iconpdf.gif" alt="PDF icon" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a>&nbsp; 2.50 </strong></strong><strong><strong>MB</strong></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p></div>