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Beyond Magnitude. Understand the Shaking, Tsunami Threat & Impact.
Global earthquake detections. Ground shaking intensity. PGA footprints. Tsunami warnings. Wave arrival estimates. Historical seismic intelligence.
Earthquakes can strike without warning, creating immediate threats to people, properties, infrastructure, and business operations.
But understanding earthquake risk requires more than knowing the magnitude and epicenter.
DisasterAWARE delivers global earthquake and tsunami intelligence that connects authoritative seismic event reporting with geographic shaking intensity, peak ground acceleration (PGA), available tsunami warnings, estimated tsunami travel times, and enriched historical catastrophe records.
From the first reported earthquake to the evolving assessment of ground shaking, coastal tsunami threats, and potential consequences, our intelligence helps technology providers understand where an event occurred, how severe conditions may have been, and which locations may be affected.
Designed for insurance, reinsurance, catastrophe analytics, risk intelligence, supply chain, business continuity, and enterprise technology platforms, DisasterAWARE makes supported earthquake and tsunami intelligence available through APIs, webhooks, historical data delivery, geospatial services, and AI-native integrations.
Know where the earthquake struck. Understand the shaking. Identify the potential consequences.
Understand Earthquakes & Tsunamis from Initial Detection Through Geographic Impact.
Global Earthquake Detection, Magnitude & Event Intelligence
Access authoritative earthquake information from supported seismic monitoring agencies and scientific networks around the world.
DisasterAWARE integrates earthquake event reports into a structured intelligence framework that helps technology partners monitor seismic activity and identify potentially significant events.
Available earthquake intelligence includes:
- •Earthquake Locations: Geographic coordinates and epicenter information.
- •Magnitude: Reported earthquake magnitude and available magnitude classifications.
- •Depth: Estimated earthquake focal depth.
- •Origin Time: Reported time of the seismic event.
- •Event Updates: Revised locations, magnitudes, depths, and other information as scientific agencies refine their analyses.
- •Seismic Event Characteristics: Available information about earthquake type, source, and related characteristics.
- •Geographic Context: Relationship between the earthquake location and surrounding geographic areas.
Rapid Awareness of Significant Earthquakes
DisasterAWARE incorporates supported authoritative earthquake reports as they become available, enabling technology partners to monitor significant seismic events through a consistent data integration.
Earthquake information may be preliminary and can change as additional observations and scientific analysis become available.
Ground Shaking Intensity, PGA & Geographic Footprints
An earthquake's magnitude describes the overall size of the event, but it does not tell an insurer, business, or infrastructure operator how strongly the ground shook at a particular location.
DisasterAWARE incorporates available geographic ground-shaking information to help characterize the intensity and spatial distribution of earthquake effects.
Available intelligence includes:
Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA)
Access available PGA measurements or estimates that characterize the acceleration of ground motion.
Shaking Intensity
Use available Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) information to characterize the severity of shaking across affected areas.
Geographic Shaking Footprints
Explore available mapped shaking intensity and PGA surfaces to understand how ground motion varied geographically.
Epicentral Distance & Geographic Context
Evaluate the relationship between earthquake locations, ground-shaking footprints, and customer-supplied assets.
Event Severity & Geographic Variation
Understand how ground shaking can differ across geographic areas depending on distance, earthquake characteristics, and local conditions.
Historical Ground Motion Intelligence
Access available historical earthquake shaking information to support catastrophe research and event analysis.
Beyond the Epicenter
Two properties located similar distances from an earthquake's epicenter may experience different levels of shaking.
Geographic shaking intelligence provides more relevant information for property exposure and catastrophe analysis than magnitude or distance alone.
*PGA and shaking intensity maps may combine instrumental observations with scientific models and estimates. They do not confirm structural damage at individual locations.*
Tsunami Warnings, Travel Times & Coastal Threat Intelligence
Significant undersea earthquakes can generate tsunamis that threaten coastlines far beyond the earthquake's epicenter.
DisasterAWARE connects supported tsunami warnings with scientific geographic information to help technology partners understand developing coastal threats.
Available intelligence includes:
Authoritative Tsunami Warnings
Access supported tsunami warnings, advisories, watches, and other information from authoritative tsunami warning centers.
Tsunami Travel Times
Explore available modeled tsunami travel-time information describing how long a tsunami wave may take to reach different geographic locations.
Estimated First-Wave Arrival
Incorporate available scientific estimates of first-wave arrival times for supported tsunami scenarios and events.
Geographic Coastal Threat Awareness
Connect tsunami warnings and available travel-time information with coastal communities, infrastructure, ports, and other important locations.
Earthquake–Tsunami Event Relationships
Associate relevant earthquake events with available tsunami warnings and supporting geographic information.
Global Tsunami Context
Use supported tsunami warning sources and scientific models to help characterize threats across affected ocean basins.
Featured Capability: Tsunami Travel-Time Intelligence
DisasterAWARE's geospatial intelligence offering includes supported tsunami travel-time and estimated first-wave arrival information derived from scientific modeling.
These datasets can provide additional geographic context for understanding the potential timing of tsunami arrival at coastal locations.
*Tsunami travel-time estimates do not predict wave height, inundation depth, or damage. Actual arrival times and conditions may differ from modeled estimates. The first wave may not be the largest.*
Historical Seismic Events, Exposure & Associated Impacts
Historical earthquake and tsunami intelligence provides important context for catastrophe modeling, geographic risk assessment, event reconstruction, and long-term resilience planning.
DisasterAWARE's historical catastrophe database incorporates enriched earthquake records, geographic shaking information, and available associated impacts.
Supported applications include:
Historical Earthquake Records
Explore past earthquake locations, magnitudes, depths, event timing, and supporting seismic information.
Historical PGA & Shaking Footprints
Review available ground-shaking surfaces and intensity information associated with significant historical earthquakes.
Historical Tsunami Events
Access available historical tsunami information and associated event records.
Property & Infrastructure Exposure
Evaluate the relationship between shaking footprints, coastal threats, and customer-supplied properties, facilities, transportation networks, and other assets.
Reported Consequences
Connect available information about fatalities, injuries, displacement, damaged buildings, infrastructure disruption, and other consequences with significant events.
Expanding Downstream Impact Intelligence
DisasterAWARE is expanding its connected repository of disaster impacts to incorporate additional information about insured losses, economic damages, damaged structures, utility outages, and operational disruptions.
These relationships support a longer-term vision of connected disaster intelligence that can help organizations understand what happened, which locations were affected, and what actions may warrant consideration.
Featured Dataset: Historical Earthquake Intelligence
Explore DisasterAWARE's enriched earthquake database, including available PGA footprints, shaking intensity, event attributes, and supporting historical information.
Why Disasteraware Is Different
More Than Earthquake Alerts. Geographic Intelligence About Shaking & Consequences.
Global Authoritative Earthquake Reporting
Access supported earthquake detections, magnitude, depth, location, and event updates from authoritative seismic agencies.
PGA & Geographic Shaking Intensity
Go beyond magnitude and epicenter information with available geographic ground-motion measurements, estimates, and shaking intensity footprints.
Connected Tsunami Intelligence
Combine earthquake event information with supported tsunami warnings, travel-time models, and estimated first-wave arrival information.
Geographic Exposure & Infrastructure Context
Evaluate where shaking footprints and tsunami threats intersect customer-supplied assets, infrastructure, and important locations.
Enriched Historical Seismic Records
Connect current earthquake intelligence with historical events, shaking footprints, and available associated impacts.
Multi-Hazard Event Relationships
Understand relevant relationships between earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and other associated hazards where supporting information is available.
Enterprise & AI-Native Delivery
Integrate supported earthquake and tsunami intelligence through APIs, webhooks, historical datasets, geospatial services, and MCP-enabled access.
Featured Intelligence Workflow
From Earthquake Detection to Shaking, Tsunami Threat & Exposure.
DisasterAWARE connects authoritative earthquake reports, geographic shaking intelligence, tsunami information, historical records, and available impacts to help technology partners understand significant seismic events.
Detect — Identify the Earthquake
Ingest authoritative seismic event information, including reported magnitude, location, depth, and origin time.
Provide rapid awareness of significant earthquake activity.
Characterize — Understand Ground Shaking
Incorporate available PGA surfaces, shaking intensity information, and geographic ground-motion estimates.
Understand how earthquake effects may vary across affected areas.
Assess — Identify Tsunami Threats & Exposure
Connect supported tsunami warnings, travel-time estimates, and relevant coastal information with earthquake intelligence.
Evaluate potentially exposed properties, facilities, infrastructure, and populations.
Connect — Understand Historical Context & Consequences
Associate available damage reports, displacement information, infrastructure disruptions, and other impacts with the event.
Use historical earthquake intelligence to support catastrophe analysis and post-event assessment.
Featured Capability: From Earthquake Magnitude to Geographic Impact
The Epicenter Doesn't Tell the Whole Story.
Consider a major earthquake affecting a densely populated region containing insured properties, industrial facilities, ports, and critical infrastructure.
Initial Detection — Earthquake Intelligence
An authoritative seismic agency reports the earthquake's location, magnitude, depth, and origin time.
Ground Shaking — PGA & Intensity
Available geographic shaking products characterize how strongly the ground may have shaken across different areas.
Coastal Threat — Tsunami Intelligence
If a tsunami threat is identified, supported authoritative warnings and available travel-time information provide additional context for coastal locations.
Exposure Analysis — Identify Potentially Affected Assets
A technology partner overlays shaking footprints and relevant tsunami threat information with insured properties, infrastructure, and operational locations.
Post-Event Assessment — Reported Consequences
Available reports of structural damage, infrastructure disruptions, displacement, and other impacts provide additional event context.
The result: A more complete understanding of earthquake and tsunami exposure—not simply the magnitude of the earthquake or distance from its epicenter.
Built On Authoritative Seismic Sources & Applied Science
Global Seismic Monitoring. Scientific Ground-Motion Models. Tsunami Warning Expertise.
DisasterAWARE technology is rooted in decades of applied science and disaster management expertise developed through the Pacific Disaster Center.
Our earthquake and tsunami intelligence incorporates supported authoritative seismic reporting, scientific ground-motion information, tsunami warnings, geographic models, and historical catastrophe records.
USGS — Earthquake Detection & Seismic Intelligence
The United States Geological Survey provides authoritative earthquake event information, including locations, magnitudes, depths, and supporting seismic characteristics.
USGS ShakeMap — Ground Shaking & PGA
USGS ShakeMap products provide geographic estimates of earthquake ground shaking, incorporating available instrumental observations and scientific modeling.
Supported products include PGA and shaking intensity information.
NOAA & Tsunami Warning Centers
NOAA's tsunami warning infrastructure and supported regional warning centers provide authoritative tsunami warnings, advisories, and related information.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC)
PTWC products contribute tsunami warning information for supported geographic areas.
Tsunami Travel-Time Models
Supported scientific tsunami travel-time models provide geographic estimates of wave propagation and first-wave arrival times.
NOAA Historical Tsunami Information
NOAA's historical tsunami resources provide scientific records of past tsunami events and available associated impacts.
Additional National & Regional Seismic Agencies
Supported national and regional seismic monitoring agencies contribute earthquake event reporting and associated scientific information.
Geographic Exposure & Impact Data
Population, infrastructure, vulnerability, and available reported impact information help connect earthquake and tsunami events with potentially affected locations.
Nine Ways Disasteraware Supports Enterprise Workflows
Turn Earthquake & Tsunami Intelligence into More Valuable Customer Applications.
Insurance Claims Triage
Use available PGA and shaking intensity footprints to identify insured properties that may warrant post-event investigation.
Reinsurance & Catastrophe Analytics
Enrich catastrophe analysis with historical earthquake events, geographic shaking intensity, PGA information, tsunami records, and available associated impacts.
Property Underwriting & Portfolio Risk
Evaluate historical seismic activity and geographic ground-shaking information near insured properties and portfolios.
Catastrophe Model Validation
Compare available historical earthquake observations, shaking footprints, and intensity information with catastrophe model assumptions and event estimates.
Supply Chain & Logistics Technology
Monitor significant earthquake and tsunami threats near suppliers, manufacturing facilities, ports, distribution centers, and transportation infrastructure.
Risk Intelligence & Corporate Security
Provide awareness of seismic events, geographic shaking intensity, and coastal tsunami threats affecting facilities and operational locations.
Business Continuity & Resilience
Support earthquake response, facility exposure assessment, infrastructure monitoring, and post-event operational recovery planning.
Utilities & Critical Infrastructure
Identify earthquake shaking and tsunami threats affecting energy infrastructure, telecommunications, transportation networks, water systems, and other critical assets.
AI-Powered Catastrophe & Decision Intelligence
Connect earthquake detections, ground-shaking footprints, tsunami intelligence, historical records, exposed assets, and available impacts to support automated analysis and future decision-support applications.
Related Products & Data Capabilities
Earthquake & Tsunami Intelligence Connected to a Broader Disaster Data Foundation.
DisasterAWARE connects authoritative seismic reporting with geographic ground-shaking information, tsunami warnings, historical catastrophe records, geographic exposure, and available impact intelligence.
Explore Our Historical Earthquake Dataset
Access enriched historical earthquake records, including available event locations, magnitudes, depths, PGA footprints, shaking intensity information, and supporting catastrophe data.
Designed for insurance, reinsurance, catastrophe analytics, property risk, and geospatial applications.
Related Data Capabilities
Warnings & Predictive Intelligence
Explore supported tsunami warnings, travel-time models, estimated first-wave arrival information, and other predictive geographic indicators.
Observed Hazard Intelligence
Understand reported earthquake locations, magnitude, depth, geographic ground-shaking estimates, and available seismic observations.
Exposure & Impact Intelligence
Connect earthquake shaking footprints and tsunami threats with potentially exposed properties, infrastructure, populations, and available reported consequences.
Historical Disaster Database
Access enriched historical catastrophe records, including earthquake events, shaking intensity, PGA footprints, and available associated impacts.
Global Coverage & Sources
Explore DisasterAWARE's authoritative seismic integrations, tsunami warning sources, scientific models, and supporting data network.
Geospatial Data Layers
Access earthquake shaking information, tsunami travel-time layers, population exposure, vulnerability, infrastructure, and supporting geographic intelligence.
Related Hazard Intelligence
Floods
Explore flood warnings, inundation footprints, hydrological observations, and geographic flood intelligence, including related coastal inundation information where available.
Hurricanes & Tropical Cyclones
Understand tropical cyclone tracks, wind radii, coastal threats, and available geographic exposure information.
All Hazard Types
Discover DisasterAWARE's broader multi-hazard intelligence offering across natural disasters, severe weather, environmental hazards, and human-induced disruptions.
Earthquake Intelligence That Goes Beyond Magnitude.
An earthquake's magnitude describes the size of the event. But the intensity of ground shaking, geographic extent of hazardous conditions, potential tsunami generation, and surrounding exposure are essential to understanding its consequences. DisasterAWARE combines authoritative earthquake detections, PGA and shaking intensity footprints, supported tsunami warnings, estimated wave arrival information, historical catastrophe records, and available exposure and impact intelligence. From rapid seismic event monitoring to historical catastrophe analysis, our intelligence helps technology partners deliver more meaningful earthquake and tsunami awareness to their customers.