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Tsunami Glossary
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<p align="center"><img src="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_en_v19_thumbnail.jpg" alt="tsunami glossary en v19 thumbnail" width="111" height="150" style="width: 107px; height: 150px; border: thin solid #000000;" /> <img src="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_v19_thumbnail.jpg" alt="tsunami glossary fr v19 thumbnail" width="110" height="150" style="width: 107px; height: 150px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /> <img src="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_sp_v19_thumbnail.jpg" alt="tsunami glossary sp v19 thumbnail" width="110" height="150" style="width: 105px; height: 150px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border: thin solid #000000;" /> <img src="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ar_v19_thumbnail.jpg" alt="tsunami glossary ar v19 thumbnail" width="110" height="150" style="width: 107px; height: 150px; border: thin solid #000000;" /> <img src="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ch_v19_thumbnail.jpg" alt="tsunami glossary ch v19 thumbnail" width="110" height="150" style="width: 107px; height: 150px; border: thin solid #000000;" /></p>
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<p align="justify">The UNESCO IOC Tsunami Glossary includes the definition of tsunami-related technical terms, and information on the global intergovernmental coordination groups for tsunami warning and mitigation. The Glossary is available in English (2019), Spanish (2019), French (2019), Arabic (2019), and Chinese (2019). Update and revisions of terms and tsunami warning center products and forecast services have been made regularly since 2008. The 2008 version (English, Indonesian) includes definitions specific to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and its existing services to the Pacific and Caribbean.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Starting from the 2016 version, the changes were recommended and approved through the IOC TOWS WG Task Team on Watch Operations and Disaster Management and Preparedness, and the International Tsunami Information Center. The original glossary was compiled by the ITIC with input and in cooperation with tsunami experts starting in the mid-1980s, and the 1st edition of the IOC Tsunami Glossary was published in 1991 (IOC Technical Series 37).</p>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">English 2019<br /><br />English 2016 (incl errata) <br /><br /> Tsunami Glossary 2016 Errata and Updates<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Errata</em></span><br /> pg 8: Delete non-UN name; Index: page number corrections (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/309_16_Tsunami%20Glossary%20E_errata_update_only_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 errata and update only">PDF</a>)<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Updates</em></span><br /> Table, pg 9: Regional and local tsunamis causing deaths since 1975 (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/DeadlyRegionalLocal_since1975.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JPG</a>) <br /> Table, pg 9: Regional and local tsunamis causing 2,000 or more deaths (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/DeadlyRegionalLocal_morethan2000.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JPG</a>) <br /> Table, pg 11: Tsunamis causing deaths greater than 1,000 km from the <br /> source location (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/DeadlyTeletsunamis.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JPG</a>)<br /><br />English 2016 (wo errata)<br /><br />English 2013 Addendum (2016)<br /><br />English 2006</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_en_v19.pdf" target="_blank" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019">PDF</a> (6.0 MB<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/309_16_Tsunami%20Glossary%20E_errata_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 English">)<br /><br />PDF</a> (6.1 MB)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/glossary_en_low_v16_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 (no errata) English">PDF</a> (10.5 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/UPDATES%20TO%20TSUNAMI%20GLOSSARY%202016_15%20Jan%2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 Addendum English">PDF</a> (6.1 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_en_2006_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2006 English">PDF</a> (7.1 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Arabic 2019<br /><br /> Arabic 2016<br /><br /> Arabic 2013</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ar_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 Arabic">PDF</a> (9.7 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/188226ara.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 Arabic">PDF</a> (9.6 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ar_2013_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 Arabic">PDF</a> (9.6 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Bahasa Indonesian 2006</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_indonesian_2006_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2006 Bahasa Indonesian">PDF</a> (4.9 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Chinese 2019<br /><br />Chinese 2016<br /><br />Chinese 2014<br /><br />Chinese 2014 Addendum (2016)</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ch_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 Chinese">PDF</a> (11.0 MB)<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/188226chi.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 Chinese"><br /><br />PDF</a> (8.7 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ch_2014_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2014 Chinese">PDF</a> (6.2 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/ch-309.16-IOC-2008-TS-85REV.3updates%20to%202016%20version.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2014 Addendum Chinese">PDF</a> (218 KB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">French 2019<br /><br />French 2016<br /><br />French 2013<br /><br />French 2013 Addendum (2016)<br /><br />French 2008</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 French">PDF</a> (13.2 MB)<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/188226fre.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 French"><br /><br />PDF</a> (10.9 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_2013_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 French">PDF</a> (9.0 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/fr-IOC-2008-TS-85-Rev.3%20309.16.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 Addendum French">PDF</a> (167 KB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_2008_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2008 French">PDF</a> (5.4 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Spanish 2019<br /><br />Spanish 2016<br /><br />Spanish 2008</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_sp_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 Spanish">PDF</a> (6.4 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/glossary_sp_v16_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 Spanish">PDF</a> (6.5 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_sp_2008_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2008 Spanish">PDF</a> (5.6 MB)</td>
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<p align="justify">The UNESCO IOC Tsunami Glossary includes the definition of tsunami-related technical terms, and information on the global intergovernmental coordination groups for tsunami warning and mitigation. The Glossary is available in English (2019), Spanish (2019), French (2019), Arabic (2019), and Chinese (2019). Update and revisions of terms and tsunami warning center products and forecast services have been made regularly since 2008. The 2008 version (English, Indonesian) includes definitions specific to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and its existing services to the Pacific and Caribbean.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Starting from the 2016 version, the changes were recommended and approved through the IOC TOWS WG Task Team on Watch Operations and Disaster Management and Preparedness, and the International Tsunami Information Center. The original glossary was compiled by the ITIC with input and in cooperation with tsunami experts starting in the mid-1980s, and the 1st edition of the IOC Tsunami Glossary was published in 1991 (IOC Technical Series 37).</p>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">English 2019<br /><br />English 2016 (incl errata) <br /><br /> Tsunami Glossary 2016 Errata and Updates<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Errata</em></span><br /> pg 8: Delete non-UN name; Index: page number corrections (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/309_16_Tsunami%20Glossary%20E_errata_update_only_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 errata and update only">PDF</a>)<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Updates</em></span><br /> Table, pg 9: Regional and local tsunamis causing deaths since 1975 (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/DeadlyRegionalLocal_since1975.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JPG</a>) <br /> Table, pg 9: Regional and local tsunamis causing 2,000 or more deaths (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/DeadlyRegionalLocal_morethan2000.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JPG</a>) <br /> Table, pg 11: Tsunamis causing deaths greater than 1,000 km from the <br /> source location (<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/DeadlyTeletsunamis.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JPG</a>)<br /><br />English 2016 (wo errata)<br /><br />English 2013 Addendum (2016)<br /><br />English 2006</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_en_v19.pdf" target="_blank" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019">PDF</a> (6.0 MB<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/309_16_Tsunami%20Glossary%20E_errata_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 English">)<br /><br />PDF</a> (6.1 MB)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/glossary_en_low_v16_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 (no errata) English">PDF</a> (10.5 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/UPDATES%20TO%20TSUNAMI%20GLOSSARY%202016_15%20Jan%2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 Addendum English">PDF</a> (6.1 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_en_2006_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2006 English">PDF</a> (7.1 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Arabic 2019<br /><br /> Arabic 2016<br /><br /> Arabic 2013</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ar_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 Arabic">PDF</a> (9.7 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/188226ara.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 Arabic">PDF</a> (9.6 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ar_2013_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 Arabic">PDF</a> (9.6 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Bahasa Indonesian 2006</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_indonesian_2006_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2006 Bahasa Indonesian">PDF</a> (4.9 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Chinese 2019<br /><br />Chinese 2016<br /><br />Chinese 2014<br /><br />Chinese 2014 Addendum (2016)</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ch_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 Chinese">PDF</a> (11.0 MB)<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/188226chi.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 Chinese"><br /><br />PDF</a> (8.7 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_ch_2014_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2014 Chinese">PDF</a> (6.2 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/ch-309.16-IOC-2008-TS-85REV.3updates%20to%202016%20version.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2014 Addendum Chinese">PDF</a> (218 KB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">French 2019<br /><br />French 2016<br /><br />French 2013<br /><br />French 2013 Addendum (2016)<br /><br />French 2008</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 French">PDF</a> (13.2 MB)<a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/188226fre.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 French"><br /><br />PDF</a> (10.9 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_2013_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 French">PDF</a> (9.0 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/fr-IOC-2008-TS-85-Rev.3%20309.16.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2013 Addendum French">PDF</a> (167 KB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_fr_2008_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2008 French">PDF</a> (5.4 MB)</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="justify">Spanish 2019<br /><br />Spanish 2016<br /><br />Spanish 2008</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_sp_v19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2019 Spanish">PDF</a> (6.4 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/glossary_sp_v16_20160907.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2016 Spanish">PDF</a> (6.5 MB)<br /><br /><a href="images/stories/about_tsunamis/tsunami_glossary/tsunami_glossary_sp_2008_sm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="Tsunami Glossary 2008 Spanish">PDF</a> (5.6 MB)</td>
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