The UNESCO-IOC framework – establishing an international early warning infrastructure in the Indian Ocean region

The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake with a magnitude of 9.3, and the subsequent destructive tsunami which caused more than 225 000 fatalities in the region of the Indian Ocean, happened on 26 December 2004. Less than one month later, the United Nations (UN) World Conference on Disaster Reduction took pla...

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Main Authors: J. Lauterjung, P. Koltermann, U. Wolf, J. Sopaheluwakan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/2623/2010/nhess-10-2623-2010.pdf