NASA's SWOT Satellite Captures Kamchatka T...

High-resolution imagery from NASA's SWOT satellite reveals a complex pattern of 3D waves from the tsunami gene! Swipe to see →

NASA'S SWOT SATELLITE CAPTURES KAMCHA...

Observing tsunamis in the open ocean has always been one of the greatest challenges for modern oceanography. Because they propagate in de...

WHAT HAPPENED

In mid-June 2026, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred in the subduction zone of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, causing a massive di...

CONTEXT AND HISTORY

Historically, real-time tsunami monitoring has relied on two main types of sensors: coastal tide gauges and the DART (Deep-ocean Assessme...

IMPACT ON THE POPULATION

The ability to map the three-dimensional spatial structure of a tsunami in the high seas has a direct and vital impact on protecting huma...

WHAT THOSE INVOLVED SAY

Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the SWOT mission expressed great excitement over the historic discovery. In an...

NEXT STEPS

Researchers from the SWOT mission and global oceanographers will spend the coming months analyzing the gigabytes of data collected during...

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