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KOERI Activities in Tsunami Early Warning and Risk Mitigation System in the Eastern Mediterranean and Its Connected Seas

Description: 

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 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. KOERI issued 45 tsunami warning message disseminated since 1 July 2012, including the remarkable events, such as the 20 July 2017 Bodrum–Kos Mw 6.6, 30 October 2020 Samos–Izmir Mw 6.9, 06 February 2023 Gaziantep Mw7.7 and 20 February 2023 Hatay Mw6.3 earthquakes. KOERI monitors 28 tide gauge stations operated by General Directorate of Mapping and KOERI in Türkiye and nowadays enlarges its sea-level network with inserting an additional 20 stations along the coast of the Marmara Sea. This presentation will focus on the KOERI’s Tsunami Early Warning and Risk Mitigation Activities in NEAM region.

Session: Six Decades of Tsunami Science: From the Source of the 1964 Tsunami to Modern Community Preparedness [Poster Session]

Type: Poster

Date: 5/2/2024

Presentation Time: 08:00 AM (local time)

Presenting Author: Haluk

Student Presenter: No

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