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Recently, a powerful earthquake near Russia’s northern Pacific coast triggered a tsunami that set off alerts across the Pacific Ocean basin, including coastal communities in Alaska, Oregon, California and Hawaii.
For hours, buoys throughout several networks – including the Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis network – tracked the tsunami’s speed and resulting wave heights, giving emergency officials throughout the region critical data points to decide when to issue evacuation alerts.
As the waves made their way across the ocean, traveling as much as 500 miles per hour, engineers and scientists were running models, collecting data and watching. Thankfully, the tsunami greatly dissipated, resulting in minimal damage across the region.
For decades, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), in collaboration with other federal agencies and universities, has used buoy data to develop, enhance and share high-performance wave and storm models. These models will be further enhanced with the data collected from this recent event.
Drs. Kate Brodie and Ali Abdolali, oceanographers with ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, discuss the tsunami and the ongoing research into better understanding the threat posed by severe weather events.
| Date Taken: | 08.05.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.07.2025 09:38 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 972878 |
| VIRIN: | 250805-A-AP401-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111214550 |
| Length: | 00:18:37 |
| Location: | VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, US |
| Downloads: | 3 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 3 |
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