Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - About PTWC

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - About PTWC: "Established in 1949, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Ewa Beach, Hawai`i, provides warnings for teletsunamis to most countries in the Pacific Basin as well as to Hawai`i and all other US interests in the Pacific outside of Alaska and the US West Coast. Those areas are served by the West Coast / Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WC/ATWC) in Palmer, Alaska. PTWC is also the warning center for Hawai`i's local and regional tsunamis."

If an eathquake of high magnitude hits, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is a great place to see if there was an accompanying tidal wave. Fortuneately, today's 7.0 magnitude earthquake did not generate a tsunami.

Also see Tsunami! is hosted and maintained at the University of Washington