Reconnaissance Survey of the September 9, 2002 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami

这一行动是为了支持一个由美国和巴布亚新几内亚工程师和科学家组成的小组对2002年9月9日巴布亚新几内亚地震和海啸进行的侦察调查。 据报道，海啸造成2人死亡，而1998年巴布亚新几内亚海啸造成2200人死亡。 与1998年的地震相比，2002年的地震是一次更强的地震，震中位于离受影响最严重的海岸线大致相同的相对距离。 人们不禁要问，为什么2002年海啸的影响比1998年的小。 这对美国西海岸特别重要，因为那里可能发生类似震级的近海地震，勘察调查包括一个重要的公众宣传部分，计划在受影响地区的许多地点和学校举办讲座和讲座。 在技术转让方面，该小组将在巴布亚新几内亚大学的服务器上安装标准的海啸减灾数字工具，并对巴布亚新几内亚大学生进行海啸实地调查技术的实地培训。 该小组还将参加当地研讨会，讨论如何减轻巴布亚新几内亚的地震灾害。 该小组将完全在巴布亚新几内亚工作，预算将支持美国和巴布亚新几内亚的科学家作为参与者。调查结果将作为主要研究者的南加州大学网站上的一项正在进行的工作提供。

This action is to support a reconnaissance survey of the September 9, 2002 Papua New Guinea earthquake and tsunami, with a team of US and PNG engineers and scientists. The tsunami reportedly killed 2 people as opposed to the 1998 PNG tsunami that killed 2200. The 2002 earthquake was a stronger earthquake with epicenter located at approximately the same relative distance off the most impacted coastline as compared to the 1998 event. The question arises as to why the 2002 tsunami had a smaller impact than the 1998 event. This is particularly important for the western coast of the United States where offshore earthquakes of similar magnitudes are possible.The reconnaissance survey includes a significant public outreach component, with lectures and talks planned in numerous locales and schools in the affected areas. In terms of technology transfer, the team will implement standard tsunami hazard mitigation numerical tools on servers at the University of Papua New Guinea, as well as field train PNG university students in tsunami field survey techniques. The team will also participate in local seminars discussing earthquake hazard mitigation in PNG. The team will work entirely in PNG, and the budget will support both US and PNG scientists as participants.The results of the survey will be available as a work in progress on the principal investigator's USC web site.