Getting ready for a Cascadia tsunami on the central coast
Practical steps for Lincoln County households: what to do when the ground shakes, how to plan your walk to high ground and what to pack.
Ocean & Science
Marine research, whales, tsunami and earthquake science on the Oregon coast.
Hatfield Marine Science Center’s growth in Newport, and its tsunami-ready building
How Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in South Beach grew, including the Marine Studies Building designed as a tsunami refuge.
Humpback whales off Oregon and the problem of crab-gear entanglement
Where the humpbacks off the central Oregon coast come from, how they are protected, and how the Dungeness crab fishery has changed to reduce entanglements.
How to read the tsunami evacuation maps for Lincoln County
Where to find Oregon tsunami evacuation maps for Newport, Lincoln City, Waldport and Yachats, and what the local and distant zones mean.
The Misawa dock: what washed up at Agate Beach in 2012
The story of the concrete dock from Misawa, Japan, that came ashore at Agate Beach north of Newport after the 2011 tsunami, and what scientists learned from it.
How Newport researchers track whales off the Oregon coast
Satellite tags, drones and photo identification: the tools Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport uses to study whales.
What scientists know about the Cascadia Subduction Zone
How researchers, including Oregon State University marine geologists, pieced together the history of great earthquakes off the Oregon coast.