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Operationalization of Koeri Tsunami Warning System in the Eastern Mediterranean and Its Connected Seas: A Decade of Achievements and Challenges

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Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) tsunami warning system provides services in the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Seas under the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICG) for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS). KOERI’s Regional Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring Center (RETMC) was established on the foundations of the KOERI National Earthquake Monitoring Center (NEMC) by adding observation, analysis and operational capability related to tsunami early warnings after an extensive preparatory period between 2009 and 2011. The center initiated its test-mode 7/24 operational status as a national tsunami warning center in 2011, and after a one-year period it became operational as a candidate tsunami warning center for NEAMTWS on 1 July 2012. KOERI celebrated its ten years of operational status with a number of activities performed on the 5th November 2022, World Tusnami Awareness Day (WTAD). KOERI continues monitoring and disseminating messages in the NEAM region together with other TSPs; CENALT (Centre d’Alerte aux Tsunamis-France), NOA (National Observatory of Athens-Greece), INGV (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-Italy), and IPMA (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera-Portugal), completing full coverage of the tsunami-prone regions monitored by NEAMTWS. An overview of the progress and continuous improvement of KOERI’s tsunami early warning system will be presented, together with lessons learned from 42 events that tsunami warning message disseminated during the last ten years, especially for the important tsunamigenic events, such as the 20 July 2017 Bodrum–Kos Mw 6.6 and 30 October 2020 Samos–Izmir Mw 6.9 earthquakes.

Session: The Future of Tsunami Science, Preparedness and Response [Poster]

Type: Poster

Date: 4/19/2023

Presentation Time: 08:00 AM (local time)

Presenting Author: Haluk Ozener

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