Tsunamis in New Guinea from South American Earthquakes, May 1960

New Guinea is the geographic focus of this dataset documenting tsunamis triggered by South American earthquakes in May 1960. The data is published by Geoscience Australia Data, with a last update recorded in 2026. The available file formats are PDF and HTML.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical tsunami propagation patterns (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Modeling the impact of distant earthquakes on regional coastlines (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Cataloguing historical natural hazard events for risk assessment (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by Geoscience Australia Data, a national geoscience agency.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14 04:06:44.825981.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Row count, column definitions, and sample data are unavailable.
• The description is marked as a legacy product with no abstract.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

May 1960

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:06:44.825981.

Geography

Territory of New Guinea, South America (earthquake source region)