2018 Tsunami Design Zone Maps
Maps currently adopted for this purpose are:
| Tsunami hazard maps used for the 2018 tsunami design zone maps | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location | Publication | Link |
| Anacortes and Bellingham area | MS 2018-02* | Download |
| Elliott Bay Seattle | OFR 2003-14 | Download |
| Everett area | OFR 2014-03 | Download |
| Port Angeles and Port Townsend area | MS 2018-03 | Download |
| San Juan Islands | MS 2016-01* | Download |
| Southern Washington coast | MS 2018-01 | Download |
| Tacoma area | OFR 2009-9 | Download |
*Designers wishing to use the latest maps can find them here.
The above list will be updated for future building codes. Future building codes will include the latest publications or updates on a schedule corresponding with the updates and adoption of the Washington State Building Code.
Please note that inundation depth values quoted in both the source publications and the raw data available from WA DNR are set to a mean high water (MHW) tidal datum. As this is higher than the standard North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) used in the IBC, the values listed in the WA DNR data will need to be recalculated according to the differences between NAVD 88 and MHW at the project site. This recalculation to NAVD88 has already been conducted for the data displayed in the map below. The published maps, model data, and results within the map shown here already incorporate ground deformation (subsidence) from the earthquake in the inundation depth/elevation results. The published maps, model data, and results shown here do not include any contribution from sea level rise. Local sea level rise projections for Washington State are available here: Miller and others, 2018.
The finalized inundation elevation is the combination of land level subsidence, MHW conversion, and inundation depth.
We recommend users click the search tool in the webmap below (click the picture below to access the map in fullscreen) to jump to their project site or zoom in to an area of interest. While viewable at all scales, the identify pop-up is best used when zoomed in, or else you may accidentally select numerous adjacent data.
Click here or on the map image below to access the interactive map
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