Primary Convener:
Robert Weiss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Convener:
Patrick Lynett, University of Southern California
Deniz Velioglu Sogut, Florida Institute of Technology
David George, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory

Tsunamis are one of the most devastating natural disasters, with the potential for inflicting tremendous damage along wide stretches of coastal areas. Recent events have demonstrated that the risk from tsunami hazards has grown tremendously since the devastating Pacific-wide tsunami of 1960. Expanding coastal populations and infrastructure will further increase tsunami risks, and we still have a considerable way to go in our learning, education, and preparation around destructive tsunamis, as evidenced by the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean event as well as the recent Sulawesi, Krakatau, and Hunga Tonga tsunamis. Furthermore, the attention the most recent Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami on July 30, 2025, received and the lack of attention paid to significant tsunamigenic landslide activity near the Sawyer Glacier in Alaska serve as stark reminders that tsunamis pose an interdisciplinary challenge. This session provides a broad forum for cross-disciplinary studies and invites contributions from all areas of tsunami science, including: research; forecast and warning procedures; investigation of geologic records and hindcasting of past events; response, mitigation, and recovery strategies; databases of past observations; and hazard and risk studies from tsunamis generated by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, meteorological phenomena, and meteorite impacts. In particular, we invite contributions about the July 30, 2025, Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami and the Sawyer Glacier tsunamigenic landslide events.

Index Terms
4313 Extreme events
4328 Risk
4339 Disaster mitigation
4341 Early warning systems

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
H - Hydrology
S - Seismology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus