A probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment of the Southwest Pacific Nations - Professional opinion
This report provides a probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment to the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) and AusAID to quantify the expected hazard for the southwest Pacific nations. It follows a preliminary report of the tsunami hazard that was restricted to maximum credible tsunami events, released after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 and subsequent smaller events (off Nias in 2005, Java in 2006 and the Solomon Islands in 2007), which have increased awareness among emergency management authorities throughout the Pacific of the need for more information regarding the hazard faced by Pacific nations from tsunami.