Learn all about tsunamis and how most form from undersea earthquakes. Get facts, stories, maps and pictures from National Geographic Kids magazine.

Promotes public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. Includes answers to commonly asked questions and tsunami photographs.

Highlights include animated illustrations, articles, an "Ask the Experts" section, photographs, and video downloads.

Discover the power of waves and how fast they can travel. Includes animations and videos clips.

Explains how tsunamis are created and how scientists detect them.

Diagrams showing travel time in hours plus an animation of the earthquake and generated tsunami. From the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. [English and Japanese]

Provides detailed instructions and resources for a student team project on the causes and consequences of the Asian tsunamis.

Answers many questions about the topic. What does tsunami mean? How are they created? What happens to a tsunami as it approaches land?

Slide show presentation tells what causes tsunamis and discusses the impact of several 20th-century occurrences.

Discusses what tsunamis are, what causes them, and how warning systems can help save lives.

Features some brief facts about these gigantic waves and how they are formed.

Explains what they are, how they are formed, and how they are different from other waves. Includes information about warning systems and safety.

Shows where tsunamis have struck in the past and what they have done.

Maps, radar images and photographs from space. Includes before and after views of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004.

Features safety brochures and statistics about tsunami and earthquakes. Can be downloaded as PDF documents for printing.

Country by country reports of damage, historical and regional comparisons. Includes technical information on the quake and plate tectonics.