1. Interview for
Tsunami Warning Center Manager
Decide to Evacuate or Not?
That is the Question
Dana Ishii
Rose Hatori
Leon Geschwind

2. Make the call
• There has been an earthquake located off
the coast of Chile.
• The magnitude of the earthquake is 8.8.
• The earthquake has a depth of 22 miles.
• The wavelength of the tsunami waves are
several hundred miles long.
• You are in a tsunami evacuation zone.
• You are on the 6th floor of a Waikiki hotel.
What should you do?

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5. Earthquake locations
Exemplar Individual Earthquake

6. Earthquake locations
Non-Exemplar Individual Earthquake

7. Earthquake locations
Exemplar
Non-
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8. What do you think?
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10. Plate Boundaries
Exemplar Individual Earthquake

11. Plate Boundaries
Non-Exemplar Individual Earthquake

12. Plate Boundaries
Exemplar
Non-
Exemplar

13. What do you think?
1

15. Earthquake magnitude
Exemplar

16. Earthquake magnitude
Non-Exemplar

17. Earthquake magnitude
Exemplar
Non-
Exemplar

18. What do you think?
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20. Earthquake depth
Exemplar

21. Earthquake depth
Non-Exemplar

22. Earthquake depth
Exemplar
Non-
Exemplar

23. What do you think?
2
1

25. Wavelength
Exemplar
60 – 300 miles long

26. Wavelength
Non- Exemplar
300-600 feet

27. Wavelength
60 – 300 miles long
300-600 feet

28. Tsunami Evacuation Zone Map
Locations
Exemplar Evacuation Zone

29. Tsunami Evacuation Zone Map
Locations
Non-Exemplar Evacuation Zone

30. Tsunami Evacuation Zone Map
Exemplar
Evacuation Zone
Non-
Exemplar

31. What do you think?
Evacuation Zone

33. Home or Business Locations
Exemplar Non-Exemplar
Dana's house
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Sheraton Waikiki Moana Surfrider

35. Make the call
• There has been an earthquake located off
the coast of Chile.
• The magnitude of the earthquake is 8.8.
• The earthquake has a depth of 22 miles.
• The wavelength of the tsunami waves are
several hundred miles long.
• You are in a tsunami evacuation zone.
• You are on the 6th floor of a Waikiki hotel.
What should you do?

37. Case Study