Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: a Regional Conference in Muscat, Oman
Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean
Conference
22 - 23 March 2015
Muscat
Oman
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
Open attendance.
ENIGMATIC HAZARD The Makran Subduction Zone, an active boundary between tectonic plates, poses the main tsunami hazard in the western Indian Ocean, but the nature of this hazard is still poorly understood. The plate-boundary thrust in the eastern part of the zone produced a great earthquake and associated tsunami in 1945, and an upper-plate fault produced an inland earthquake that was followed by a small tsunami in September 2013. The proposed sources of these documented tsunamis include tectonic deformation, submarine slides, and mud volcanoes. The 1945 tsunami caused hundreds of confirmed fatalities, mainly in what is now Pakistan. Whether the zone produces large tsunamis in Iran and Oman is an open question. The zone is regarded, however, as capable of producing large waves that would reach adjoining shores in a few tens of minutes. Such fast-arriving waves add to the challenges of tsunami warning and tsunami education. WARNING SYSTEM The Sultanate of Oman will begin operating an early warning system in early 2015. The system is designed for the water-related hazards that the country faces. In addition to Makran tsunamis, Oman is subject to far-field tsunamis from the Sunda Trench, tropical cyclones, and flash floods. Tropical cyclones in Oman caused more than 60 fatalities in 2007 (Gonu) and an estimate 727 deaths in 1890. Most years produce flash floods that pose hazards to life and property along wadis. Under a 2009 agreement with Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communication, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO has been providing technical support for the National Multi Hazard Early Warning System (NMHEWS) of Oman under the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA). Beginning in 2010, the IOC and the Omani government have collaborated in developing, as part of NMHEWS, a Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS). The system includes monitoring, data processing, Standard Operating Procedures. Currently, the NMHEWS project is expected to be fully operational by early 2015. CONFERENCE DGMET and UNESCO-IOC invite papers for presentation at a two-day conference on tsunamis in the western Indian Ocean and on coping with the risks through the end-to-end Early Warning System. The papers are to be written in English and will be reviewed by the conference’s Scientific Committee. Accepted papers will be sponsored for publication in a mainstream scientific journal. This conference will dovetail with a regular session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS) that is scheduled to take place within the same period in Muscat. The conference will bring together modellers, geologists, and seismologists and related professionals who are studying tsunami sources in the western Indian Ocean, as well as construction and infrastructure planning specialists, and communication and social science experts. The gathering will facilitate scientific and technical collaboration on diverse monitoring systems and multi-disciplinary research. These expected outcomes are intended to yield better understanding of tsunami generation in the western Indian Ocean and greater efficacy of the region's early warning systems. Abstracts, due 30 September 2014, will be reviewed the Scientific Committee. Authors will be notified by 1 December 2014. Full papers, due 30 January 2015, will be considered for publication in a special section of a mainstream journal.
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- 1 - First Session – Historical and Pre-historical tsunamis in the Makran region (Part I)
- 1.1 - Large run-up height of 12-15 m following the Makran tsunami of 27 November 1945 from a landslide source? Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Kenji Satake
Large runup height of 12-15 m following the Makran tsunami of 27 November 1945 from a landslide source?
1.1 Large runup height of 12-15 m following the Makran tsunami of 27 november 1945 from a landslide source? - 1.2 - Tsunami generation in the Arabian Sea: investigation of the source of the 24 September 2013 event, M. A. Baptista, R. Omira, J. M. Miranda, I. El-Hussain, A. Deif3, G. Al-Rawas, Z. Al Habsi
Tsunami generation in the Arabian Sea: investigation of the source of the 24 September 2013 event
1.2 Tsunami generation in the Arabian sea: investigation of the source of the 24 September 2013 event - 1.3 - Comparison between the 2007 Cyclone Gonu Storm Surge and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Oman and Iran, Hermann M. Fritz
Comparison between the 2007 Cyclone Gonu Storm Surge and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Oman and Iran
1.3 Comparison between the 2007 Cyclone Gonu Storm Surge and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Oman and Iran - 1.4 - Was Muscat hit by a tsunami in 1723? Historical evidence and geological data on paleo-tsunami in Oman, Thomas Vernet, Gösta Hoffmann
Was Muscat hit by a tsunami in 1723? Historical evidence and geological data on palaeo-tsunami in Oman
Was Muscat hit by a tsunami in 1723? Historical evidence and geological data on palaeo-tsunami in Oman - 1.5 - The Balochistan and Sindh coast survivors revealed facts of the 1945 Makran Tsunami, Din Mohammad, Ghazala Naeem, Abdullah Usman, Brian F. Atwater
The Balochistan and Sindh coast survivors revealed facts of the 1945 Makran Tsunami.
1.5 The Balochistan and Sindh coast survivors revealed facts of the 1945 Makran Tsunami. - 1.6 - Field survey of the 1945 Makran Tsunami in Southeastern Iran, E.A. Okal, H.M. Fritz, M.A. Hamzeh, J. Ghasemzadeh, M. Naderi
Field survey of the 1945 Makran Tsunami in Southeastern Iran
1.6 2010 FIELD SURVEY of the 1945 TSUNAMI in IRAN - 1.7 - Evidence for the Holocene tsunami history of the Arabian Sea (Northern Indian Ocean), Gösta Hoffmann, Bastian Schneider, Klaus Reicherter, Christoph Grützner, Frank Preusser, Sultan Al-Yahyai, Ghazala Naeem
Evidence for the Holocene tsunami history of the Arabian Sea (Northern Indian Ocean)
1.7 Evidence for the Holocene tsunami history of the Arabian Sea (Northern Indian Ocean) - 1.8 - Recurring emergence of the mud islands on shelf of the Arabian Sea along the Makran Coast of Pakistan – Historical perspective using remote sensing techniques, Akhtar Muhammad Kassia, Huseyin Bayraktarb, Din Muhammad Kakara, and Shuhab Danishwar Khan,
Recurring emergence of the mud islands on shelf of the Arabian Sea along the Makran Coast of Pakistan – Historical perspective using remote sensing techniques
1.8 Recurring emergence of the mud islands on shelf of the Arabian Sea along the Makran Coast of Pakistan - 2 - First Session – Historical and Pre-historical tsunamis in the Makran region (Part II)
- 2.1 - Did the thrust component in the last leg of the 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake rupture trigger the small tsunami observed in the northwest Indian Ocean?, Parameswaran, R. M., Rajendran, K., Rajendran, C.P.
Did the thrust component in the last leg of the 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake rupture trigger the small tsunami observed in the northwest Indian Ocean?
1.9 Did the thrust component in the last leg of the 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake rupture trigger the small tsunami observed in the northwest Indian Ocean? - 3 - Second Session – Hazard (Part I)
- 3.1 - Why the implementation of the Tsunami Early Warning System in Oman was based on a Multi Hazard Approach? Ahmed H. M. Al Harthi,
Why Implementation of Tsunami Early Warning System in Oman was based on a Multi Hazard Approach
2.1 Why Implementation of Tsunami Early Warning System in Oman was based on a Multi Hazard Approach - 3.2 - Inundation Limits For Major Cities Along The Makran Coast, Hira Ashfaq Lodhi, Haider Hasan, Sarosh H. Lodi, Muhammad Ahmed.
Inundation Limits For Major Cities Along The Makran Coast
2.2 Initial steps towards mapping urban limits for Pakistan - 3.3 - Tsunami Hazard assessment and Scenarios Database development for the Tsunami Warning System for the coast of Oman, Aniel-Quiroga I.; Álvarez-Gómez, J. A.; González, M.; Aguirre-Ayerbe, I.; Fernández Pérez, F. Jara, M. S. ; González-Riancho, P.; Medina, R.; Al-Harthy, S.; Al-Yahyai, S.; Al-Hashmi, S.
Tsunami Hazard assessment and Scenarios Database development for the Tsunami Warning System for the coast of Oman
2.3 TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND SCENARIOS DATABASE FOR THE TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE COAST OF OMAN - 3.4 - Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for the Makran region in dependence on maximum earthquake magnitude assumption, Andreas Hoechner, Andrey Babeyko and Natalia Zamora
Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for the Makran region in dependence on maximum earthquake magnitude assumption
2.4 Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for the Makran region with focus on maximum magnitude assumption - 4 - Second Session – Hazard (Part II)
- 4.1 - Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard along the Coast of Oman, R. Omira, I. El-Hussain, G. Al-Rawas, A. Deif, M. A. Baptista, K. Al-Jabri, A. Mohamed, Z. Al- Habsi
Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard along the Coast of Oman
2.5 Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard along the Coast of Oman - 4.2 - Tsunami Hazard Assessment for the Sultanate of Oman from Historical and Maximum Probable Earthquake from Eastern Makran Subduction Zone, I. El-Hussain, M. A. Baptista, A. Deif, R. Omira, G. Al-Rawas, k. Al-Jabri, A. Mohamed, Z. Al Habsi,
Tsunami Hazard Assessment for the Sultanate of Oman from Historical and Maximum Probable Earthquake from Eastern Makran Subduction Zone
2.6 Tsunami Hazard Assessment for the Sultanate of Oman from Historical and Maximum Probable Earthquake from Eastern Makran Subduction Zone - 4.3 - Numerical Simulation of Tsunami Run-up on Jask Port Caused by Largest Possible Earthquakes of Makran Subduction Zone, Vahid Chegini, Mahmoud reza Akbarpour Jannat, Ehsan Rastgoftar
Numerical Simulation of Tsunami Run-up on Jask Port Caused by Largest Possible Earthquakes of Makran Subduction Zone
2.7 STEPS FORWARD FOR SEISMOTECTONIC EVALUTION OF MAKRAN ZONE AS BASIS FOR TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENT - 4.4 - Steps forward for seismotectonic evalution of makran zone as basis for tsunami hazard assessment, Mohammad. Mokhtari
STEPS FORWARD FOR SEISMOTECTONIC EVALUTION OF MAKRAN ZONE AS BASIS FOR TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENT.
3.1 A SCENARIO-BASED TSUNAMI RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE MUSCAT CAPITAL AREA IN OMAN - 5 - Third Session – Vulnerability
- 5.1 - A scenario-based high-detailed tsunami risk assessment for the Muscat Capital Area in Oman, Bastian Schneider, Gösta Hoffmann
A scenario-based high-detailed tsunami risk assessment for the Muscat Capital Area in Oman - 5.2 - Assessing the Vulnerability of School Buildings in Sur Town to Potential Tsunami Damage, Hanan Y. AlHinai, Issa W. El-Hussain, Sabah S. Aljenaid, Ali Elbatty
Assessing the Vulnerability of School Buildings in Sur Town to Potential Tsunami Damage
3.2 Assessing the Vulnerability of School Buildings in Sur Town to Potential Tsunami Damage - 5.3 - Tsunami vulnerability and risk assessment for the development of planning tools in Oman, I. Aguirre-Ayerbe, F. Fernández Pérez, P. González-Riancho, M. S. Jara, I. Aniel-Quiroga, J. A.Álvarez-Gómez, M. González, R. Medina, S. Al-Yahyai, G. Al-Rawas
Tsunami vulnerability and risk assessment for the development of planning tools in Oman
3.3 TSUNAMI VULNERABILITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING TOOLS IN OMAN - 5.4 - Tsunami Risk Assessment and Management- Case Study City of Galle, S.S.L.Hettiararchchi, S.P.Samarawickrama, N. Wijeratne, W.P.S Dias
Tsunami Risk Assessment and Management- Case Study City of Galle
3.4 Tsunami Risk Assessment and Management - Case Study City of Galle - 5.5 - How communities in Mentawai perceive tsunami risk and what difference social interventions makes, Irina Rafliana
HOW COMMUNITIES IN MENTAWAI PERCEIVE TSUNAMI RISK AND WHAT DIFFERENCE SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS MAKES
3.5 THE IMAGINED RISK: HOW COMMUNITIES IN MENTAWAI PERCEIVE TSUNAMI RISK AND WHAT DIFFERENCE SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS MAKES - 5.6 - Tsunami Early Warning and Community Preparedness in Indonesia, Achievements & Challenges - Lessons learnt from incidents and exercises, Irina Rafliana, Harald Spahn, Henny Dwi Vidiarina, Eko Yulianto, Rahmi Yunita
Tsunami Early Warning and Community Preparedness in Indonesia Achievements & Challenges - Lessons learnt from incidents and exercises
3.6Tsunami Early Warning and Community Preparedness in Indonesia Lessons learnt from incidents and exercises - 5.7 - Challenges in Tsunami evacuation, Harkunti P. Rahayu
CHALENGES IN TSUNAMI EVACUATION
3.7 Challenges in Tsunami Evacuation - 6 - Fourth Session – Detection and Dissemination of Warning
- 6.1 - Designing Performance Indicators (PIs) for Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) assessment (study case of the Indonesia Tsunami Early Warning System -InaTEWS), Yahya Darmawan, Marzuki Sinambela, Hendra Suwarta
DESIGNING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (PIs) FOR SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (SDI) ASSESSMENT (STUDY CASE OF THE INDONESIA TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM -InaTEWS) - 6.2 - WERA Ocean Radar Support for Tsunami Early Warning Systems, Anna Dzvonkovskaya, Thomas Helzel, Matthias Kniephoff, Leif Petersen
WERA Ocean Radar Support for Tsunami Early Warning Systems
4.2 Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: a Regional Conference in Muscat, Oman 2015 - 6.3 - A demonstration of the performance of the Omani tsunami early warning system on historical and synthetic scenarios, Dr. Bernd Weber, Dr. Andrey Babeyko, Ahmed H. M. Al Harthi
A demonstration of the performance of the Omani tsunami early warning system on historical and synthetic scenarios
4.3 Demonstration of the performance of the Omani NMHEWS on historical and synthetic scenarios - 6.4 - The Integration of Remote Siren System with Mosque’s Speakers in Bantul Indonesia: An Implementation of Outdoor Warning System, Muhammad Ayyub, Suci Dewi Anugrah, Rahmi Yunita
The Integration of Remote Siren System with Mosque’s Speakers in Bantul Indonesia: An Implementation of Outdoor Warning System
4.4 The Integration of Remote Siren System with Mosque’s Speakers in Bantul Indonesia: An Implementation of Outdoor Warning System - 7 - Closure and thanking ceremony
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There are 118 participants associated with Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: a Regional Conference in Muscat, Oman .
Name | Country |
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AL RAWAS Ghazi | Oman |
AL-YAHYAI Sultan | Oman |
ATWATER Brian | United States of America |
HETTIARACHCHI Sam | Sri Lanka |
KOLTERMANN Peter | Russian Federation |
LAUTERJUNG Joern | Germany |
TITOV Vasily | United States of America |
Name | Country |
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ADNAN Zulkarnain | Indonesia |
AL-HARTHI Ahmed | Oman |
ALHINAI Hanan | Oman |
ANIEL-QUIROGA Íñigo | Spain |
BAPTISTA Maria Ana | Portugal |
CARRIÇO Luis | Portugal |
DARMAWAN Yahya | Indonesia |
EL-HUSSAIN Issa | Oman |
FRITZ Hermann | United States of America |
GONZÁLEZ Mauricio | Spain |
HAMMITZSCH Martin | Germany |
HASAN Haider | Pakistan |
HEIDARZADEH Mohammad | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
HELZEL Thomas | Germany |
HOECHNER Andreas | Germany |
HOFFMAN Goesta | Oman |
KAKAR Din Muhammad | Pakistan |
KHAN Sahibzad | Pakistan |
LODHI Hira | Pakistan |
MOKHTARI Mohammad | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
MUZLI Muzli | Indonesia |
OKAL Emile | United States of America |
OLOO Paul | Kenya |
PARAMESWARAN Revathy | India |
RAFLIANA Irina | Indonesia |
RAHAYU Harkunti | Indonesia |
SCHNEIDER Bastian | Philippines |
SCHÖNE Tilo | Germany |
SMITH Gemma | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
VERNET Thomas | France |
WEBER Bernd | Germany |
YUNITA Rahmi | Indonesia |
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 118
Confirmed: 118
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
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