Commercial ships could detect tsunamis

Education/Training

Monday, May 07, 2012

According to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, future warnings of deadly and disruptive tsunamis may come from commercial vessels, especially those with newer tracking and navigation systems. The discovery came from the university's research vessel, Kilo Moana , which found that ship GPS can be used to determine sea surface height changes. On its way from Hawaii from Guam, the ship was traveling when a tsunami was generated by the 8.8 earthquake i...

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