where are tsunami warning centers located
The other tsunami warning center is the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Ford Island, Hawaii, serving participating members and other nations in the Pacific Ocean area of responsibility.
A few years later, in 1949, NOAA established the. Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in. Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in. Palmer, Alaska, was established by NOAA in 1967 as a direct. result of the great Alaska earthquake that occurred March 27, 1964. Of 132 deaths, 122 were attributed to the Pacific-wide. tsunami generated by the magnitude 9.2 earthquake.