New Zealand Historical Tsunami Database
New Zealand Tsunami Database includes information about tsunamis that have reached the coastline of New Zealand since humans arrived in this land until the present day. The database is primarily the work of historical seismologist Gaye Downes working for GNS Science who collected reports of tsunamis around New Zealand and, in many cases, carried out research to determine parameters of the source, travel time and impact associated with each event. Reports of tsunamis that make up the core of this database come from tide gauges, newspaper articles, harbour masters, records from ships, personal diary entries and Māori oral records. This primary source material is summarised in the database and complete transcriptions are held by the database custodian.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21420/D6W9-0G74
Cite as:
GNS Science. (2020). New Zealand Tsunami Database: Historical and Modern Records [Data set]. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/D6W9-0G74
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- Date (Revision)
- 2019-07-01
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role GNS Science
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords
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tsunami, historical, impact, risk, hazard, record, wave
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- Classification
- Unclassified
- Language
- English
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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https://www.gns.cri.nz/data-and-resources/new-zealand-tsunami-data-resource/ New Zealand Historical Tsunami Database
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://tsunami.gns.cri.nz/
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- Dataset
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The New Zealand Tsunami Database is not intended to be complete - the comparatively short period of human occupation, very short period of written records ( < 200 years), and sparse population impedes any such attempt. The database is subject to change as new information arises about old events and new interpretations are developed. Modern tsunami will also be added to the database. Each record in the database has been checked for errors, assigned a validity based on the source information for observations, and attributes largely follow a consistent structure although some exceptions occur.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 78561fb8-89ec-4754-9188-76fe0f129bf1 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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Non geographic dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-09-21T15:22:29
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
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1.0
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role GNS Science
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