Featured Resources
Last updated March 1, 2013
Oregon Resilience Plan: Reducing Risk and Improving Recovery for the Next Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami by Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission (OSSPAC), 242 p.+ appendices PDF. This Plan makes recommendations on policy direction to protect lives and keep commerce flowing during and after a Cascadia (megathrust) earthquake and tsunami.” The Plan and recommendations were delivered to the Oregon Legislative Assembly February 28, 2013. Executive Summary (8 p. PDF).
Local Planning Guidance on Distant Tsunami Response by Oregon Distant Tsunami Working Group, 72 p. This effort brings together stakeholders
from local, state, and federal agencies to better prepare Oregon for a distant tsunami
event.
American Red Cross Earthquake AppGet notified when an earthquake occurs, prepare your family and home, find help and let others know you are safe even if the power is out. From your mobile phone, call "**REDCROSS" (**73327677) and Red Cross will send you a link to download the app to your phone or you can download the app directly from the iTunes or Google Play app stores.
Other American Red Cross apps: First Aid App; Shelter Finder
Earthquakes and TsunamisPowerPoint slides (in PDF format) shown at recent earthquake and tsunami awareness rallies: Tillamook, March 11, 2012 (6 MB) | Coos Bay Area, March 12,2012 (5.2 MB) | Manzanita-Nehalem-Rockaway Beach, April 29, 2012 (4.6 MB)
Cascadia Winter 2012: The 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami: Lessons for the Oregon Coast Understanding how the Tohoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami happened - and why it can happen here. 16-page PDF, 8.3 MB.
Emergency Go-Kit Passport Create a record of your important medical and contact information in one handy location. From Oregon Emergency Management.
This guidebook provides a concise overview of the notification process used to send tsunami alerts to public information broadcasters, local jurisdictions and the public. It includes a Tsunami Warning Flow Chart that shows how information is sent to broadcasters, a contact list of tsunami experts who can provide credible tsunami information during a tsunami event, and Oregon coastal community evacuation maps of regions most susceptible to tsunamis.
The Big One - Earthquake PreparednessHere's a "Quake-Up" call for everyone living in the Pacific Northwest! We're due for a really, really big earthquake in the near future that would be larger than the Hatian and Chilean earthquakes combined. 2-minute OregonGeogology YouTube video.
More video, animation, and audio files.
Living on Shaky Ground: How to Survive Earthquakes and Tsunamis in OregonOregon Emergency Management provides this PDF guide, based on California's "Living on Shaky Ground" publication, to help you learn about what you can expect and how you can prepare.
DOGAMI Special Paper 43, Simulating tsunami inundation at Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, using hypothetical Cascadia and Alaska earthquake scenarios.Full publication includes report, map plates, GIS data set, time histories, and animations. Report only.
DOGAMI Special Paper 41: Tsunami hazard assessment of the northern Oregon coast: A multi-deterministic approach tested at Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon.Full publication includes report, map plates, data GIS set, time histories, and animations. Report only. Zipped file of DVD (746MB).
DOGAMI
Smartphone tsunami evacuation apps 
