National Tsunami Preparedness Week
Tsunami Preparedness Brochure for Recreational and Commercial Boaters.
Anniversary of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake and Tsunami.  Click here to learn more.

The California Geological Survey (CGS) provides geologic and seismic expertise to the public, other State government offices, such as the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA; formally known as the Governor's Office of Emergency Services), and local government agencies (cities and counties). For tsunami hazards, CGS is working closely with CalEMA and the Tsunami Research Center at the University of Southern California to produce statewide tsunami inundation maps and preparedness information for California. CGS is also the Scientific Representative for California on the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Coordinating Committee, a state and federal cooperative responsible for developing policies and standards for tsunami mitigation efforts in the United States and its territories.

CGS is also the Scientific Representative for California on the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Coordinating Committee, a state and federal cooperative responsible for developing policies and standards for tsunami mitigation efforts in the United States and its territories.

	FREE tsunami education materials and activity ideas for schools, museums, and businesses in California are available (see links below) For emergency planners in coastal jurisdictions, the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA) and the California Geological Survey (CGS) are available to support you regarding tsunami hazards in California, including your public education and outreach efforts for Tsunami Awareness Week. For more information on Tsunami Awareness and Preparedness Week resources and support available from CGS and Cal EMA, contact:
		Cindy Pridmore CGS Outreach/Seismic Hazards California Geological Survey 801 K Street, MS 12-31 Sacramento, CA 95814 916-324-5572 cpridmore@consrv.ca.gov	Kevin Miller Earthquake & Tsunami Program California Emergency Management Agency 30 Van Ness Ave., Suite 3300  San Francisco, CA 94102 510-326-1141 Kevin.Miller@calema.ca.gov

Tsunami Educational Documents and Related Information

• TSUNAMI EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS - Student worksheets, poster, videos, brochures, K-12 tsunami curriculum and activity links.
• Preparedness documents
  • Click here to find out more about general “Tsunami Preparedness”
  • Click here to find out how you can participate with your own tsunami preparedness activities.
• Tsunami Preparedness Brochure for Recreational and Commercial Boaters.
  The California Emergency Management Agency and California Geological Survey have produced a new tsunami preparedness brochure for recreational and commercial boaters.  The March 11, 2011 tsunami caused nearly $100M in damage to the California maritime community (link to poster or webpage).  The state tsunami program is working with the state’s maritime communities to provide more detailed maps and guidance that will help them improve their tsunami planning.  This brochure will help educate individual boaters about how they should prepare BEFORE the next tsunami arrives on our coast.  Click here to view the brochure.
• How to survive a Tsunami - Brochure prepared by the California Emergency Management Agency provides information on what you should know about tsunamis and what to do if you feel a strong earthquake along the coast.
• CGS and CalEMA have created a guidance document for assessing secondary hazards after a large local earthquake that could inhibit safe evacuation from tsunami hazard areas. Click here to view this document.
• CGS Note – Tsunamis - This educational document is a companion to the statewide inundation maps. This is one in a series of CGS Notes devoted to different geologic features or hazards important to California.

• About Tsunamis - For basic information about tsunami and their impacts to California.

Tsunami Maps and Posters

• Official Statewide Tsunami Inundation Maps - Coordinated by CalEMA, these maps are developed for all populated areas at risk to tsunamis in California, and represent a combination of the maximum considered tsunamis for each area. Please also explore the links to the county/regional websites so that you know what to do during the next tsunami. Click here to download a poster describing the methodology for how the maps were created.
• Use an Interactive Google Maps Interface to access Official Statewide Inundation Maps. - You can find out more about your tsunami risk where you live, work, or play.
• MY HAZARD Tsunami web site - CalEMA has created this user-friendly website where you can enter in your address and find out if you live within an area at risk to hazards from earthquakes, flooding, fire, and tsunami inundation.
• California's Recent Tsunamis (2009, 2010, 2011):
• 2011 Tohoku, Japan Tsunami
• 2010 Chile Tsunami
• Comparing the effects of the 2010 Chile and 2011 Tohoku Tsunamis
• 2009 Samoa Tsunami