In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated the 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day, calling on countries, international bodies, and civil society to raise awareness about tsunamis and share innovative approaches to risk reduction. The theme for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025 is “Be Tsunami Ready: Invest in Tsunami Preparedness”.

World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025 highlights the need to build resilient communities through the Tsunami Ready Programme—a global effort to turn awareness into action. This year’s campaign champions proactive preparedness, uniting governments, scientists, local leaders, and the public to reduce tsunami risks together.

On this International Day, MDPI Environmental and Earth Sciences journals seek to provide a leading platform for scholars to communicate and exchange ideas, raise public awareness of tsunami preparedness and reduce tsunami risks.

“Modeling of the 2007 Aysén Tsunami Generated by the Punta Cola and North Mentirosa Island Landslides”
by Francisco Uribe, Mauricio Fuentes and Jaime Campos
Coasts 2025, 5(2), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts5020019

“Long-Term and Seasonal Analysis of Storm-Wave Events in the Gulf of California”
by Cuauhtémoc Franco-Ochoa, Yedid Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina, Sergio Alberto Monjardin-Armenta and Sergio Arturo Rentería-Guevara
Climate 2025, 13(3), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13030054

“Unveiling Urban Flood Vulnerability: A Machine Learning Approach for Mapping High Risk Zones in Tetouan City, Northern Morocco”
by Oussama Mekkaoui, Moad Morarech, Tarik Bouramtane, Laurent Barbiero, Maryem Hamidi, Hamza Akka and Rania Prya Muthusamy Rengasamy
Urban Sci. 2025, 9(3), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9030070

“Tracing the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami’s Impact on Palu, Indonesia: A Remote Sensing Analysis”
by Youshuang Hu, Aggeliki Barberopoulou and Magaly Koch
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2025, 13(1), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13010178

“Evaluating Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) Variations as Precursors to Seismic Activity: Insights from the 2024 Noto Peninsula and Nichinan Earthquakes of Japan”
by Karan Nayak, Rosendo Romero-Andrade, Gopal Sharma, Charbeth López-Urías, Manuel Edwiges Trejo-Soto and Ana Isela Vidal-Vega
Atmosphere 2024, 15(12), 1492; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15121492

“Advancements in Ocean Mapping and Nautical Cartography”
by Giuseppe Masetti, Ian Church, Anand Hiroji and Ove Andersen
Geomatics 2024, 4(4), 433-436; https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4040023

“A Novel Input Schematization Method for Coastal Flooding Early Warning Systems Incorporating Climate Change Impacts”
by Andreas G. Papadimitriou, Anastasios S. Metallinos, Michalis K. Chondros, and Vasiliki K. Tsoukala
Climate 2024, 12(11), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12110178

“Possible Indication of the Impact of the Storegga Slide Tsunami on the German North Sea Coast around 8150 cal BP”
by Andreas Vött, Hanna Hadler, Timo Willershäuser, Aron Slabon, Lena Slabon, Hannah Wahlen, Peter Fischer, Friederike Bungenstock, Björn R. Röbke, Manfred Frechen et al.
Geosciences 2024, 14(10), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14100262

“Earthquake Lights Observed in Japan—Possible Underlying Mechanisms”
by Yuji Enomoto
Atmosphere 2024, 15(8), 916; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15080916

“Sub-Nappe Air Cavity Pressure and Cavity Water Depth during Caisson Breakwater Overtopping by a Tsunami”
by Taeksang Kim, Julien Noé Malherbe, Sirawit Shimpalee and Jeremy David Bricker
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(7), 1135; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071135

“Enhancing Urban Resilience: Strategic Management and Action Plans for Cyclonic Events through Socially Constructed Risk Processes”
by Raúl Pérez-Arévalo, Juan Jiménez-Caldera, José Luis Serrano-Montes, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Kevin Therán-Nieto and Andrés Caballero-Calvo
Urban Sci. 2024, 8(2), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci8020043

“New Tsunami Evacuation Training Methods: A Tsunami Evacuation Training Application”
by Toshiya Arakawa, Fumiaki Obayashi, Kazunobu Kobayashi, Tomoki Itamiya, Shintaro Uno, Shigeyuki Yamabe and Takahiro Suzuki
Geosciences 2024, 14(4), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14040110

“Beyond the Tide: A Comprehensive Guide to Sea-Level-Rise Inundation Mapping Using FOSS4G”
by Levente Juhász, Jinwen Xu and Randall W. Parkinson
Geomatics 2023, 3(4), 522-540; https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics3040028

“Three-Dimensional Modeling of Tsunami Waves Triggered by Submarine Landslides Based on the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method”
by Zili Dai, Xiaofeng Li and Baisen Lan
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(10), 2015; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11102015

“Disaster Mitigation Structures for Tsunamis, Floods, and Scour Countermeasures” Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Norio Tanaka Submission deadline: 31 December 2025	“Coastal Hydrology and Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions” Guest Editors: Dr. Thanh Nhan Duc Tran, Dr. Asmita Murumkar and Dr. Rosana Nieto Ferreira Submission deadline: 31 December 2025
“Coastal Disaster Assessment and Response—2nd Edition” Guest Editor: Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut Submission deadline: 1 March 2026	“Recent Progress in Ocean Fronts” Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Miaohua Mao, Dr. Weijie Liu and Dr. María Paz Chidichimo Submission deadline: 31 March 2026
“Coastal Climate Variability and Predictability: Challenges and Emerging Solutions” Guest Editors: Dr. Xiaoyu Long, Dr. Tongtong Xu and Dr. Milton S. Speer Submission deadline: 30 June 2026	“Mitigating Flood Impact in Urbanized Spaces Through Sustainable Strategies” Guest Editors: Dr. Joan Rosselló-Geli and Dr. Francesco De Pascale Submission deadline: 30 September 2026