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Rachid Omira is currently a Senior Researcher (Investigador Principal) at the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere and an integrated researcher at the Faculty of Sciences (IDL-FCUL), University of Lisbon. He holds a degree in Physics and a PhD in Geophysics. His research focuses on the numerical modeling of seismic and non-seismic tsunamis and associated coastal risk. He is the author and co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed international scientific publications, as well as 5 book chapters. He has delivered over 20 invited talks and professional training sessions, and his work has been presented at more than 70 international conferences. Rachid has conducted numerous studies on regional and local tsunami hazard assessment, contributing significantly to the understanding of tsunami hazard and vulnerability from both seismic and non-seismic sources. His work has also supported the development of an end-to-end national tsunami warning system hosted at IPMA, where he currently serves as scientific coordinator of the Portuguese Tsunami Warning Center. Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience in leading and contributing to collaborative research projects. He has led or co-led two completed projects funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and has participated, as a task leader or team member, in more than 15 completed national and European projects. His contributions to the scientific and societal community also include editorial, reviewing, and organizational activities, as well as the evaluation of research funding applications. Since February 2022, he has served as an Editor of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, an ISI-indexed journal of the European Geosciences Union, published by Copernicus Publications.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rachid Omira

Citation names

  • Omira, Rachid
  • Omira R.
  • Omira Rachid

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C116-66FF-BB9B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6198-7588
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=en&user=xxIC41EAAAAJ
Researcher Id
N-2533-2013
Scopus Author Id
34971883700

Email addresses

  • rachid.omira@ipma.pt (Professional)
  • rachid.omira@ipma.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geophysics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Arab (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/12
Concluded
 PhD in Geophysics, Specialty Natural Hazards (Doctor of Philosophy)
Université Ibn Tofail Kénitra Faculté des Sciences, Morocco

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Modelling tsunami Impact in NW Morocco and SW Iberia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006
Concluded
 Physics – Fluid mechanics (Master)
Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V-Agdal, Morocco
"Vulnérabilité des structures en béton armé sous sollicitations sismiques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004
Concluded
 Physics (Bachelor)
Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz-Fès, Morocco
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
(...)
2021/12/01 - 2023/12/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
2011/03 - 2019/05 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/02 - 2010/12 PhD fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2022/01/01 MAGICLAND - Marine Geo-hazards Induced by underwater Landslides in the SW Iberian Margin
PTDC/CTA-GEO/30381/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019 - 2022 AGITHAR - Accelerating Global Science in Tsunami Hazard and Risk analysis.
CA18109
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/10/01 FAST - Development of New Forecast Skills for Meteo-Tsunamis in the Iberian Shelf
PTDC/CTAMET/ 32004/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/10/01 TAGUSGAS - Tsunami hazard assessment of the Lisbon city associated to the Tagus delta landslide
PTDC/CTA-GEO/31885/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2021/09/01 UNTIeD - UNlocking the megaTsunamI Deadlock: using the near-source impacts to constrain tsunami generation by volcanic flank collapses
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-028588
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2021/09/01 OnOff - Coupling onshore and offshore tsunami record: complementary tools for a broader perspective on tsunami events
PTDC/CTA-GEO/28941/2017
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016 - 2019 ARISTOTLE - All Risk Integrated System TOwards Trans-boundary hoListic Early-warning.
ECHO/SER/2015/722144
Research Fellow
European Commission
Concluded
2016 - 2018 TSUMAPS-NEAM - Probabilistic TSUnami Hazard MAPS for the NEAM Region
ECHO/SUB/2015/718568/PREV26
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2014/10/06 - 2016/11/30 Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/603839/EU
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2013 - 2016 ASTARTE - Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe
603839
Research Fellow
European Commission
Concluded
2013 - 2016 CONDRIBER - Contourite drifts and associated mass-transport deposits along the SW Iberia margin – implications to slope stability and tsunami hazard assessment.
PTDC/GEO-GEO/4430/2012
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2013 GTIMS 1 - Global Tsunami Information Monitoring Service-1
.
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2011 - 2013 GTIMS 2 - Global Tsunami Information Monitoring Service-2
.
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2011 - 2013 TRIDEC - Collaborative, Complex and Critical Decision-support in Evolving Crisis.
258723
Research Fellow
European Commission
Concluded
2011 - 2013 TAGUSDELTA - 3D high-resolution seismic stratigraphy of the Tagus Delta – imaging and modeling of tsunami evidence for geological hazards assessment
PTDC/MAR/113888/2009
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/05/01 - 2026/04/30 SUBMERSE - SUBMarine cablEs for ReSearch and Exploration
Grant agreement ID: 101095055
SUBMERSE
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Monitoring the Oceans with Distributed Acoustic Sensing
2022.02359.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02359.PTDC
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Instituto Dom Luiz
LA/P/0068/2020
UIDB/50019/2020
UIDP/50019/2020
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/29 - 2024/12/28 Lithospheric structure of the Southwest Iberia margin - LISA
PTDC/CTA-GEF/1666/2020
10.54499/PTDC/CTA-GEF/1666/2020
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 HAZARDOUS - Avaliação de riscos associados à formação e evolução de fajãs detríticas e lávicas nos arquipélagos vulcânicos portugueses
PTDC/CTA-GEO/0798/2020
10.54499/PTDC/CTA-GEO/0798/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/08/01 - 2021/07/31 Resolvendo o enigma dos megatsunamis: usando os impactos proximais para constrager a geração de tsunamis despoletados por colapsos vulcânicos
PTDC/CTA-GEO/28588/2017
Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2011/03/15 - 2014/09/14 Um novo metodo multidisciplinar para identificação de depositos influenciados por Tsunami e suas frequencias no registo géologico
PTDC/CTE-GIX/110205/2009
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 110205
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
Stichting Weten

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 19 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/CTE/LA0019/2011
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rachid Omira; Maria Ana Baptista; Luis Manuel Matias. "R4–Event-Tree PTHA of Coastal Inundation with Tidal Uncertainty Treatment". 2026.
    10.1007/978-3-031-98115-9_13
  2. Omira, Rachid; Neres, Marta; Batista, Luis. "The Gloria Transform Fault—NE Atlantic: Seismogenic and Tsunamigenic Potential". In Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones, 157-167. Elsevier, 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-812064-4.00008-6
  3. Omira, Rachid; Quartau, Rui; Ramalho, Inês; Baptista, Maria Ana; Mitchell, Neil C.. "The Tsunami Effects of a Collapse of a Volcanic Island on a Semienclosed Basin". In Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, 271-287. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.
    10.1002/9781119054146.ch13
  4. Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Mellas, S.; Leone, F.; de Richemond, N. Meschinet; Zourarah, B.; Cherel, J-P.. "The November, 1st, 1755 Tsunami in Morocco: Can Numerical Modeling Clarify the Uncertainties of Historical Reports?". In Tsunami - Analysis of a Hazard - From Physical Interpretation to Human Impact. InTech, 2012.
    10.5772/51864
  5. M., Baptista; R., Omira; L., Matias; J., Miranda; A., Annunziato; F., Carrilho; F., Kaabouben. "On the Need for a Tsunami Warning System in the North East Atlantic Area (Gulf of Cadiz)". In The Tsunami Threat - Research and Technology. InTech, 2011.
    10.5772/14068
Conference abstract
  1. Hélène Hébert; Fernando Carrilho; Aurélien Dupont; Audrey Gailler; Rachid Omira; Pascal Roudil. "NEAMWave26 exercise in the NE Atlantic Ocean: an opportunity for a better preparedness and operational response to large tsunamis off the Iberian margin". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, 2026.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-14731
  2. Fabrizio Romano; Nikos Kalligeris; Musavver Didem Cambaz; Stefano Lorito; Ludovico Vitiello; Marinos Charalampakis; Sergio Bruni; et al. "The Tsunami Service Provider InterOperability Tool (TSP-IOT) for the NEAM region". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, 2026.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-20141
  3. Claudia Reis; Rachid Omira; Tatsuya Asai; Tsuyoshi Koyama; Yo Fukutani; Hiroyuki Omura. "Multiscale Tsunami-Induced Effects on the Natural and Built Environments: The Reconnaissance and Modeling of the 2024 Noto Earthquake-Tsunami Sequence in Japan Coastal Infrastructure". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2026, Viena, 2026.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-21642
  4. Kim, Jihwan; Omira R.. "Toward operational meteotsunami warning on the Portuguese coast". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, 2026.
    Published
  5. Jihwan Kim; Rachid Omira. "Machine Learning for Meteotsunami Prediction: A Case Study on the Portuguese Coast". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, 2025.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-8785
  6. Sergio Padilla Álvarez; Iñigo Aniel Quiroga; Mauricio Gonzalez; Rachid Omira; Jihwan Kim; Maria Ana Baptista. "The Impact of Volcano-Generated Tsunamis on the Safety of Moored Vessels: The 2022 Tonga Incident.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, 2024.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20633
  7. Inês Ramalho; Rachid Omira; Jihwan Kim. "Effect of volcanic islands offshore morphology on the tsunami generation and hazard extent from coastal cliff-failures.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, 2024.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19584
  8. Jihwan Kim; Rachid Omira. "Resurgence of Greenspan Resonance in Meteotsunami Dynamics". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2024, 2024.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10023
  9. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Terrinha, Pedro; Urgeles, Roger. "Submarine mass-movements offshore Portugal in the scope of the new EuroMediterranean Submarine landSlide (EMSS) database". Paper presented in XI Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Coimbra, 2023.
  10. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Neres, Marta; Ramalho, Inês; Noiva, J.; Brito, Pedro; Terrinha, Pedro. "Insights into flank collapses along the Gorringe-Hirondelle-Josephine seamount chain on the Southwest Iberian Margin". Paper presented in XI Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Coimbra, 2023.
  11. Jihwan Kim; Rachid Omira. "Machine Learning Approaches for Meteotsunami Forecasting on the Coast of Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, 2023.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16620
  12. Davide Gamboa; Rachid Omira; Pedro Terrinha; Phil Barnes; Sam Davidson. "Geomorphology and tsunamigenesis of blocky MTDs on collisional tectonic settings: Insights from Southwest Iberia and the Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand)". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Geomorphology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/icg2022-434
  13. Jihwan Kim; Rachid Omira; Cora Dutsch. "Combined storm and meteotsunami hazards: Data analysis and numerical simulation of Christina (Jan. 2014) and Leslie (Oct. 2018) events on the coast of Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6347
  14. Marijana Balic; Jadranka Šepic; Leon Catipovic; Srdan Cupic; Jihwan Kim; Iva Medugorac; Rachid Omira; et al. "Sub-hourly sea level quality-controlled dataset to quantify extreme sea levels along the European coasts". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12063
  15. Amos Salamon; Rachid Omira; Maria Ana Baptista. "Modern Eyes on the Historical 551 AD Earthquake and Tsunami Offshore Phoenicia, Lebanon of Today". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4840
  16. Maria Ana Viana-Baptista; Amos Salamon; Omira, Rachid; Motti Zohar. "Baptista, Maria Ana, Amos Salamon, Rachid Omira, and Motti Zohar. "How Nearshore Coseismic Deformation Affected Tsunami Inundation–Analysis Of 551 AD Earthquake And Tsunami". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2022.
  17. Ramalho, Inês; Omira, Rachid; Piedade, Aldina; Gamboa, Davide; Grazina, JCD; Lemos, Luís. "SW Iberia Margin: Sensitivity of tsunamigenic potential and hazard extent to physical properties of marine sediments". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021, Virtual conference, 2021.
    Accepted
  18. Omira R.; Gamboa D.; Terrinha P.. "The MAGICLAND (Marine Geohazards InduCed by LANDslides) database: Early results on submarine landslide distribution and morphometrics offshore Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2021.
    Published
  19. Ramalho I.; Omira R.; Piedade A.; Gamboa D.; Grazina J.; Lemos L.. "Submarine landslide tsunamis in SW Iberia Margin: Sensitivity of tsunamigenic potential and hazard extent to physical properties of marine sediments". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2021.
    Published
  20. Gamboa, D.; Omira R.; Piedade, A.; Terrinha, P.; Roque, C.; Zitellini, N.. "Morphological rejuvenation on tectonic seamounts: insights from the Gorringe Bank, SW Iberian Margin". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2021.
    Published
  21. Gamboa, D.; Omira R.; Terrinha, P.; Piedade, A.. "Submarine landslide recurrence and links to seismicity on the Gorringe Bank Seamount, Offshore Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2020.
    Published
  22. Kim, Jihwan; Omira R.. "Numerical simulation of the July 2010 meteotsunami on the coast of Portugal: Implications for meteotsunami hazard in the NE Atlantic". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2020.
    Published
  23. Matias L.; Omar, Y.; Carrilho, F.; Sá, V.; Omira R.; Corela, C.; Perdigão, R.A.; Loureiro, A.. "The contribution of the CAM fibre optic submarine cable telecom ring to the early warning of tsunami and earthquakes". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2020.
    Published
  24. Behrens, J., Aniel-Quiroga, I., D'Amico, S., Dias, F., Didenkulova, I., Guillas, S., Lorito, S., Lovholt, F., Macias, J.; Omira R.; Roedder, S., Sorensen, M.. "Accelerating Global Science on Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis (AGITHAR)". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2020.
    Published
  25. Piedade, A.; Santos, N.; Lemos, L.; Roque, C.; Quinta-Ferreira, M.; Ramalho, I.; Omira R.. "Geotechnical properties of marine sediments in the SW Iberia Margin-Implications to marine geohazards". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2020.
    Published
  26. Wronna, Martin; Rahman Hidayat; Semeidi Husrin; Gegar Prasetya; Alessandro Annunziato; Gozde Guney Dogan; Andrey Zaytsev; et al. "Insights in the UNESCO Post-Event Field Survey of the September 28th, 2018 Palu Tsunami". Vienna, 2019.
    Published
  27. Filipe M. Rosas; Omira, Rachid; João Duarte; Wouter P. Schellart; Maria Ana Baptista; Terrinha, Pedro. "Active thrust-wrench tectonic interference offshore SW Iberia (Eurasia – Nubia plate boundary, NE Atlantic): potential seismogenic and tsunamigenic source of the 50 years old 1969 Mw 7.9 earthquake". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Viena, 2019.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Terrinha, Pedro. "A morphometric database of submarine landslides offshore Portugal". Paper presented in 7.as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica / 2. as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  2. Omira, Rachid. "Reis C., Figueiredo J. M., Clain S., Omira R., Baptista M. A., Miranda, J. (2017). MUSCL vs MOOD techniques to solve the SWE in the framework of tsunami events". Paper presented in International Conference on Numerical and Symbolic Computation-SYMCOMP 2017, 2017.
  3. Drago, T.; Silva, P.; Lopes, A.; Magalhães V.; Roque, C.; Rodrigues, A.I.; Noiva, J.; et al. "Searching for tsunamis evidences on the Algarve (Southern Portugal) continental shelf sedimentary record". Paper presented in EGU2016, Viena, 2016.
    Published
  4. Omira, Rachid. "Matias L. M., Baptista M. A., Omira R ., Miranda, J. M. (2016). Geração de catálogos sintéticos de sismos para a avaliação probabilista do perigo de tsunamis". 2016.
  5. Omira, Rachid. "Sabeur Z., Arbab-Zavar B., Wachter J., Hammitzsch M., .... & Omira R. (2013). Modeling and detection of hydrodynamic trends for advancing early-tsunami warnings.". Paper presented in 23rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference - ISOPE (Anchorage, Alaska, USA 2013), 2016.
  6. Baptista, M.A.; Matias, L.; Carrilho, F.; Annunziato, A.; Miranda, J.M.; Omira, R.. "Monitoring, detecting and warning of tsunamis in North East Atlantic area". 2016.
  7. André Trinidade; Omira, Rachid; Wronna, Martin; Maria Ana Baptista. "Análise da Vulnerabilidade ao Impacto de Tsunami nos Edifícios do Porto de Sines – Uma Abordagem SIG". Paper presented in Conferência Nacional de Cartografia e Geodesia, Amadora, 2015.
    Published
  8. Ramalho I.; Omira R.; Baptista M.A.; Miranda J. M.; Terrinha P.; Batista L.; Roque, C.. "Contribution of large Submarine Landslide to tsunami Potential in the NE Atlantic region: The Gorringe Bank case study". Paper presented in EGU2015, Viena, 2015.
    Published
  9. Omira R.; Ramalho I.; Baptista M.A.; Miranda J.M.; Batista L.; Terrinha P.; Roque, C.. "Tsunamis triggered by submarine sandslides in the NE Atlantic: Evidence of mass failures and numerical modeling". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2014.
    Published
  10. Hammitzsch, M.; Carrilho, F.J.; Necmioglu, O.; Lendholt, M.; Reibland, S.; Schulz, J.; Omira, R.; et al. "Meeting UNESCO-IOC ICG/NEAMTWS requirements and beyond with TRIDEC's Crisis Management Demonstrator for Tsunamis". 2013.
  11. Omira, Rachid. "Hammitzsch M., Carrilho F., Necmioglu O., Lendholt M., Reißland S., Schulz J., Omira R., Comoglu M., Ozel N., Wächter J. (2013). Meeting UNESCO-IOC ICG/NEAMTWS Requirements and beyond with TRIDEC's Crisis Management Demonstrator for Tsunamis". Paper presented in 23rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference - ISOPE (Anchorage, Alaska, USA 2013), 2013.
  12. Sabeur, Z.; Arbab-Zavar, B.; Wächter, J.; Hammitzsch, M.; Löwe, P.; Lendholdt, M.; Armigliato, A.; et al. "Modeling and detection of hydrodynamic trends for advancing early-tsunami warnings". 2012.
  13. Omira, Rachid. "Matias L., Baptista M. A., Omira R., Annunziato A., Franchello G., Carrilho F. (2012). Third Generation Tsunami scenario matrix for the Portuguese Tsunami Early Warning System". Paper presented in 15 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon 23-27 Sepetember 2012, 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Omira R.. "El Hussain, Issa W. ; Al-Habsi, Zaid ; Omira, Rachid ; Deif, Ahmed ; Mohamed, Adel ; Baptista, Maria Ana ; Al-Shijbi, Yousuf: "Tsunami hazard assessment for the Capital city of Oman and its main petroleum facility in the northeast coast of Oman"". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting 2023, held in San Francisco, CA, 2023.
  2. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Terrinha, Pedro; Barnes, Philip M.; Urgeles, Roger; Pinheiro L. M.. "Beyond and Below the horizon - What we (don´t) know about offshore submarine landslide geohazards on continental margins". Paper presented in Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2023, 2023.
  3. Omira R.. "Baptista, Maria Ana, Amos Salamon, Rachid Omira, and Motti Zohar. "How Nearshore Coseismic Deformation Affected Tsunami Inundation–Analysis Of 551 AD Earthquake And Tsunami."". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting 2022., 2022.
  4. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R ., Baptista MA, Rabinovich AB, Maxial D.,Ramalho I., Monteiro M., Tudor M., Viterbo P. (2019). Developing forecast skills for meteotsunamis in the Iberian Shelf – An overview of the FAST project.". Paper presented in The First World Conference on Meteotsunamis, 2019.
  5. Omira, Rachid. "Ramalho I., Omira R ., Terrinha P., Ribeiro C. (2019). Tsunami hazard induced by a newly discovered landslide in the Tagus delta off Lisbon (Portugal).". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts., 2019.
  6. Omira, Rachid. "Rosas F., Omira R., Duarte J., Schellart W., Baptista M. A.; Terrinha P. (2019). Active thrustwrench tectonic interference offshore SW Iberia (Eurasia – Nubia plate boundary, NE Atlantic): potential seismogenic and tsunamigenic source of the 50 years old 1969 Mw 7.9 earthquake.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2019.
  7. Omira, Rachid. "Wronna M., Hidayat R., Husrin S., Prasetya G., Annunziato A.,Guney G., Zaytsev A., Omira R., ....... Yalciner AC (2019). Insights in the UNESCO Post-Event Field Survey of the September 28th, 2018 Palu Tsunami.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2019.
  8. Omira, Rachid. "Maxial D., Omira R ., Baptista MA., Rabinovich AB, Viterbo P. (2019). Meteotsunamis in the instrumental records of the Iberian coast: Oceanic and atmospheric data analysis towards building a meteotsunami catalogue.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2019.
  9. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Omira R., Ramalho I., Quartau R. (2019). Tsunami Hazard in Madeira Island from subaerial landslide: The 1930 event.". Paper presented in 27th IUGG General Assembly Abstracts, 2019.
  10. Omira, Rachid. "Dourado F., Cezario A. P., Omira R ., Baptista M. A. (2018). Mathematical modeling analysis of 1755 tsunami propagation in Pernambuco and Paraiba states coast-Brazil, for present days". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018.
  11. Omira, Rachid. "Løvholt, F., Glimsdal, S., Harbitz, C. B., Romano, F., Lorito, S., ...Omira R., ... Babeyko, A. Y. (2018). New amplification factors for estimation of maximum tsunami inundation height and related uncertainty in probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018.
  12. Omira, Rachid. "Yalciner A. C., Hidayat R., Husrin S., Annunziato A., Dogan G. G., Zaytsev A., ...Omira R., ...... Wronna, M. (2018). Field Survey on the Coastal Impacts of the September 28, 2018 Palu, Indonesia Tsunami.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018.
  13. Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner; Rahman Hidayat; Semeidi Husrin; Alessandro Annunziato; Gozde Guney Dogan; Andrey Zaytsev; Omira, Rachid; et al. "Field Survey on the Coastal Impacts of the September 28, 2018 Palu, Indonesia Tsunami". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union, 2018.
  14. Finn Løvholt; Sylfest Glimsdal; Carl Bonnevie Harbitz; Fabrizio Romano; Stefano Lorito; Simone Orefice; Beatriz Brizuela; et al. "New amplification factors for estimation of maximum tsunami inundation height and related uncertainty in probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union, 2018.
  15. Omira, Rachid. "Omira, R., Baptista, M. A., Quartau, R., & Ramalho, I. (2018, April). Sector-Collapses inducing Tsunami Hazard in Madeira Island, NE Atlantic-Numerical Simulation of the 1930 Tsunami. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 20, p. 9220).". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 20, p. 9220), 2018.
  16. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., C. Roque, P. P. Cunha, A. Piedade, M. Quinta-Ferreira, L. Lemos, I. Ramalho, M. Teixeira, C. Neves, G. Ercilla, P. Terrinha, M. A. Baptista (2018). Marine Geo-hazards Induced by underwater Landslides in the SW Iberian Margin". Paper presented in MagicLand Project. In MIA 2018 - IX Simpósio da Margem Ibérica Atlântic - Coimbra, Portugal, 2018.
  17. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Ramalho R. S., Quartau R., Ramalho I., Madeira J., Baptista, M. A. (2017). The Fogo’s Collapse-triggered Megatsunami: Evidence-calibrated Numerical Simulations of Tsunamigenic Potential and Coastal Impact.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 19, p. 16431), 2017.
  18. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R ., Baptista M. A., Quartau R., Ramalho M. I. (2017). Landslide Tsunami Hazard in Madeira Island, NE Atlantic-Numerical Simulation of the 4 March 1930 Tsunami.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts., 2017.
  19. Omira, Rachid. "El-Hussain, I., Omira R., Al-Bulushi, K., Deif, A., Al-Habsi, Z., Al-Rawas, G., ... Baptista, M. A. (2017). Tsunami hazard assessment along Diba-Oman and Diba-Al-Emirates coasts.". Paper presented in MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 120, p. 06007). EDP Sciences., 2017.
  20. Omira, Rachid. "Dourado, F., Costa P., Omira R ., Cezario AP., Beltrão B., Elldorf B., Dias G. (2017). Transatlantic tsunami records in Brazil.". Paper presented in 5th International Tsunami Field Symposium., 2017.
  21. Omira, Rachid. "Reis C., Figueiredo J. M., Clain S., Omira R., Baptista M. A., Miranda, J. (2017). MUSCL vs MOOD techniques to solve the SWE in the framework of tsunami events.". Paper presented in Atas da conferência 3rd International Conference on Numerical and Symbolic Computation-SYMCOMP 2017 (pp. 189-204). International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)., 2017.
  22. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R ., Baptista M. A., Miranda J. M. A. (2016). Tsunamis along the Peru-Chile Trench: analysing the effect of co-seismic deformation on tsunami inundation.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts., 2016.
  23. Omira, Rachid. "Ramalho I., Omira R., Baptista M.A., Moussaoui S., and Zaghloul M.N. (2016). Morphological changes due to tsunami impact: Numerical modelling of sediments transport and deposit at Tangier – Morocco.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2016.
  24. Omira, Rachid. "El Hussain I. , Omira R ., Baptista M. A., Deif A., Al-Habsi Z. (2016). On the Use of the Logic-Tree Approach for Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment in Oman.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
  25. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Omira R ., Miranda J. M. A., Matias, L. (2016). On The Use of Empirical Green Functions to Generate Synthetic Tsunami Waveform Catalogs". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
  26. Omira, Rachid. "Thio H. K., Løvholt F., Harbitz C. B., ....Omira R., ... Davies, G. (2016). The Global Tsunami Model (GTM).". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
  27. Omira, Rachid. "Ramalho M. I., Omira R ., Baptista M. A., El Moussaoui S., Zaghloul M. N. (2016). Modelling Tsunami-Induced Sediments Transport in the Bay of Tangier-Morocco.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
  28. Omira, Rachid. "Benchekroun S., Omira R ., Baptista M. A., Arbi Toto E. (2016). Tsunami Evacuation Plan for the City of Tangier-Morocco.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2016.
  29. Omira, Rachid. "Drago, T., Silva, P., Lopes, A., Magalhães, V., ....Omira R., ... Kopf, A. (2016). Searching for tsunamis evidences on the Algarve (Southern Portugal) continental shelf sedimentary record.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2016.
  30. Drago, Teresa; Silva, Pedro F; Lopes, Ana; Magalhaes, Vitor; Roque, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana I.; Noiva, João; et al. "Searching for tsunamis evidence on the Algarve (Southern Portugal) continental shelf sedimentary record". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2016.
  31. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Quartau R., Ramalho I., Baptista M.A. and Neil M. (2016) Massive flank collapse of Pico volcanic Island: implications for landslide-induced tsunami hazard in the Azores archipelago. Paper nº 39.". Paper presented in 10º Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Sísmica, Ponta Delgada, Azores, 2016., 2016.
  32. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Ramalho I., Vales D., Baptista M.A., Matias L., Terrinha P. (2015). Deep water seamounts in the NE Atlantic, sources of landslides-induced tsunamis: Slope instability analysis and tsunami numerical modeling". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2015.
  33. Omira, Rachid. "Quartau R., Omira R., Ramalhi I., Baptista M.A., Mitchell N. (2015). The tsunami effects of a volcanic island flank collapse on a semi-enclosed basin: The Pico-São Jorge channel in the Azores archipelago". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2015.
  34. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M.A., Matias, L.M., Miranda J. M, Omira R. (2015). Earthquake related tsunami hazard between the Azores and Iberian Margin North East Atlantic". Paper presented in 26th IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) General Assembly, Prague, 2015.
  35. Omira, Rachid. "Løvholt F., Harbitz C., J. Griffin, G. Davies, S. Lorito, R. Basili, J. Selva, M.A. Baptista, R. Omira, L. Matias, A. Babeyko, E. Geist (2015). A global tsunami model (GTM) for coordinated tsunami hazard and risk assessment.". Paper presented in 26th IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) General Assembly, Prague, 2015.
  36. Omira, Rachid. "Terrinha P., Duarte H., Noiva J., Ribeiro C., Brito P., Baptista M. A., Miranda M., Omira R., Magalhaes V., Roque C. (2015). The Tagus River delta (off Lisbon, Portugal) as a repository of landslides. Implications on trigger mechanisms, tsunami hazard and neotectonics". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2015.
  37. Omira, Rachid. "Wronna M., Omira R., Baptista M. A. Scenario Based Approach for Multiple Source Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Sines, Portugal.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2015.
  38. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M A, Matias L. Developing an event-tree probabilistic tsunami inundation model for NE Atlantic coasts: Application to case studies". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2015.
  39. Omira, Rachid. "Ramalho I, Omira R., Baptista M A, Miranda M, Terrinha P, Batista L. Roque C. Contribution of large submarine landslide to tsunami potential in the NE Atlantic region: The Gorringe Bank case study". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2015.
  40. Omira, Rachid. "El-Hussain I., Baptista M. A., Deif A., Omira R., Al-Rawas G., k. Al-Jabri, A. Mohamed, Z. Al Habsi (2015)Tsunami Hazard Assessment for the Sultanate of Oman from Historical and Maximum Probable Earthquake from Eastern Makran Subduction Zone". Paper presented in Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: A regional conference in Muscat, Oman, 2015.
  41. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Ramalho I., Baptista M.A., Miranda J.M., Batista L., Terrinha P. (2014). Tsunamis Triggered by Submarine Landslides in the NE Atlantic: Evidences of Mass Failures and Numerical Modeling.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2014.
  42. Omira, Rachid. "Miranda J.M., Luis J., Reis C., Omira R., Baptista M.A (2014). Validation of NSWING, a multi-core finite difference code for tsunami propagation and run-up". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2014.
  43. Omira, Rachid. "Lemos C. R., Omira R., Pinheiro L. M., Baptista M. A., Quaresma L. S., and Garrido C. (2014). Tsunami Impact from a 1755-like event in the Aveiro Region, Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2014.
  44. Omira, Rachid. "El-Hussain I., Baptista M., Omira R., Al-Rawas G., Deif A., Al-Habsi Z., Al-Jabri K. (2014). Tsunami Hazard Assessment along the Coast of Oman from Near-and Far-field Tectonic Sources.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2014.
  45. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Miranda J., Omira R. (2013): A methodology for tsunami hazard assessment using Green functions.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2013.
  46. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Benchekroun S., Baptista, M.A. (2013). Tsunami Vulnerability in the NE Atlantic: Towards a new approach to estimate the damage grade on coastal buildings". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2013.
  47. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Omira R., Miranda J. M., Battlo J., Lourenço N. (2013). Tsunami Scenarios of Large EartHqAukes In The NE Atlantic: The Gloria fault and the Southwest Iberian Margin Case studies". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2013.
  48. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M. A., Matias L., Carrilho F., Catita C., Miranda J. M. (2012): Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard in the NE Atlantic from Near- and Far-field Tectonic Sources". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2012.
  49. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M. A., Catita C., Carrilho F., Matias L. (2012). Tsunami Risk in the NE Atlantic: Pilot Study for Algarve Portugal and Applications for future TWS". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2012.
  50. Omira, Rachid. "Sabeur Z. A., Arbab-Zavar B., Samperio R., Armigliato A., Omira R ., Wächter J., Tinti S. (2012): Automated detection of tsunamigenic signatures and reporting using multi-scale offshore in situ measurements for early tsunami warning and critical decision-support". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2012.
  51. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M.A., Miranda M., Annunziato A., Francello G., Omira R., Matias L., Catalão J. (2011). Lessons on past tsunamis impacting Lisbon area, and consequences for tsunami alert". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2011.
  52. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R. , Baptista M. A., Mellas S., Leone F. (2011). The November 1st, 1755 tsunami in Morocco- uncertainties in Historical reports and consequences for the future TWS in the area". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2011.
  53. Omira, Rachid. "Font E., Nascimento C., Omira R., Baptista M. A., Silva P. F. (2010). Identification of tsunamiinduced deposits using numerical modelling and rock magnetism". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting., 2010.
  54. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Miranda J. M., Omira R., Catalao J. (2010). Prediction of tsunami inundation in the city of Lisbon (Portugal).". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2010.
  55. Omira, Rachid. "Miranda J. M., Baptista M. A., Omira R., Lima V.(2009). Mapping Tsunami Hazard along the Gulf of Cadiz – Overview of TRANSFER, NEAREST and ERSTA projects". Paper presented in 4th International Tsunami Symposium of the IUGG Tsunami Commission and Technical Workshop on Tsunami measurements and Real-Time Detection, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2009.
  56. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Omira R., Matias L., Catita C., Carrilho F., Toto E.(2009). Early Detection of tsunamis in NEA region". Paper presented in 4th International Tsunami Symposium of the IUGG Tsunami Commission and Technical Workshop on Tsunami measurements and Real-Time Detection, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2009.
  57. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M. A., Miranda J. M., Toto E.(2009). Tsunami Impact in Morocco due to Most Credible Tsunami Scenarios in the Gulf of Cadiz.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2009.
  58. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Omira R., Matias L., Catita C., Carrilho F., Toto E.(2009) Optimal Design of a Tsunami Detection Network in the Gulf of Cadiz- A Contribution to the NEAMTWS of IOC-UNESCO". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2009.
  59. Omira, Rachid. "Gutscher M.-A., Baptista M.A., Miranda J.M., Omira R., Marcaillou B. (2008). Long term hazard from Atlantic subduction zones (Antilles and Cadiz/Gibraltar) and the example of the Great Lisbon earthquake and tsunami of 1755". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2008.
  60. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Viana-Baptista M., Miranda J. M., Catita C., and Toto E. (2009) : Evaluating Tsunami Hazard and Vulnerability Along the Gulf of Cadiz, North East Atlantic". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2008.
  61. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M. A., Miranda J. M., Catita C., Toto E. (2008). Design of a Tsunami Detection Network in the Gulf of Cadiz.". Paper presented in ESC 2008 7-12 September, Greece, 2008.
  62. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M. A, Miranda J. M. (2008). Modelling Tsunami Propagation and Mapping Inundation for Casablanca-Morocco". Paper presented in 6 Assembleia Luso-Espanhola de Geodesia e Geofisica, 11-14 Fevereiro, Tomar, Portugal, 2008.
  63. Omira, Rachid. "Omira R., Baptista M. A., Miranda J. M., Catita C., Toto,E. (2007). Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Casablanca – Morocco, pilot study.". Paper presented in AGU Fall Meeting, 2007.
  64. Omira, Rachid. "Baptista M. A., Omira R., Miranda J. M., Soares P.M.M., Toto E.(2007). Modelling Tsunami along Morocco Atlantic coast - preliminary results.". Paper presented in IUGG2007 JSS002 , Perugia, Italy., 2007.
Journal article
  1. Frazão, Orlando; Silva, Susana; Corela, Carlos; Loureiro, Afonso; Gonçalves, Susana; Robalinho, Paulo; Sousa, Ricardo; et al. "Comparison of seismic records obtained by distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom seismometers". Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications 22 1 (2026): 11. https://doi.org/10.1051/jeos/2026007.
    10.1051/jeos/2026007
  2. M. A. Baptista; J. M. Miranda; R. Omira. "The 28th February 1969 Earthquake and Tsunami in the Atlantic Iberian Margin". Pure and Applied Geophysics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-025-03689-z.
    10.1007/s00024-025-03689-z
  3. I. Ramalho; R. Omira; P. Terrinha. "Tsunami hazard induced by a submarine landslide in the Tagus delta off Lisbon (Portugal)". Natural Hazards (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-07045-7.
    10.1007/s11069-024-07045-7
  4. El-Hussain, Issa; Al-Habsi, Zaid; Omira, Rachid; Deif, Ahmed; Mohamed, Adel; Baptista, Maria Ana; Al-Shijbi, Yousuf. "Comprehensive tsunami hazard assessment for Wudam As-Sahil, Northern Oman: Integrating deterministic and probabilistic approaches". Arabian Journal of Geosciences 18 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-025-12179-4.
    10.1007/s12517-025-12179-4
  5. Sergio Padilla; Íñigo Aniel-Quiroga; Rachid Omira; Mauricio González; Jihwan Kim; Maria A. Baptista. "Volcano tsunamis and their effects on moored vessel safety: the 2022 Tonga event". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3095-2024.
    10.5194/nhess-24-3095-2024
  6. Amos Salamon; Rachid Omira; Motti Zohar; Maria Ana Baptista. "Modern outlook on the source of the 551 AD tsunamigenic earthquake that struck the Phoenician (Lebanon) coast". Natural Hazards (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06559-4.
    10.1007/s11069-024-06559-4
  7. Kim, Jihwan; Omira, Rachid. "Combined surge-meteotsunami dynamics: A numerical model for hurricane Leslie on the coast of Portugal". Ocean Modelling 189 (2024): 102368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102368.
    10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102368
  8. Teixeira, Manuel; Roque, C.; Omira, Rachid; Marques, Fernando; Gamboa, Davide; Terrinha, Pedro; Ercilla, Gemma; et al. "Submarine landslide hazard in the Sines Contourite Drift, SW Iberia: slope instability analysis under static and transient conditions". Natural Hazards (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06340-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-023-06340-z
  9. Al-Habsi, Zaid; Hereher, Mohamed; El-Hussain, Issa; Omira, Rachid; Ana Baptista, Maria; Deif, Ahmed; Al-Awadhi, Talal; Al-Nasiri, Noura. "Tsunami hazard and risk zoning for Qurayyat in northeast Oman coast: Worst-case credible scenarios along the Makran Subduction Zone, Western Asia". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X 8 (2022): 100103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2022.100103.
    10.1016/j.jaesx.2022.100103
  10. Jihwan Kim; Byoung-Ju Choi; Rachid Omira. "On the Greenspan resurgence of meteotsunamis in the Yellow Sea—insights from the newly discovered 11–12 June 2009 event". Natural Hazards (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05427-3.
    10.1007/s11069-022-05427-3
  11. R. Omira; R. S. Ramalho; J. Kim; P. J. González; U. Kadri; J. M. Miranda; F. Carrilho; M. A. Baptista. "Global Tonga tsunami explained by a fast-moving atmospheric source". Nature (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04926-4.
    10.1038/s41586-022-04926-4
  12. Dourado, Francisco; Costa, Pedro JM.; Baptista, Maria Ana; Omira, Rachid; Cezario, Ana Paula; Veloso, Alberto Vivas; Fatela, Francisco. "Possible evidence of the 1755 CE transatlantic tsunami in Brazil". Journal of South American Earth Sciences 116 (2022): 103823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103823.
    10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103823
  13. R. Omira; M.A. Baptista; R. Quartau; R.S. Ramalho; J. Kim; I. Ramalho; A. Rodrigues. "How hazardous are tsunamis triggered by small-scale mass-wasting events on volcanic islands? New insights from Madeira – NE Atlantic". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 578 (2022): 117333-117333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117333.
    10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117333
  14. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Terrinha, Pedro. "Spatial and morphometric relationships of submarine landslides offshore west and southwest Iberia". Landslides 19 2 (2021): 387-405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01786-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s10346-021-01786-3
  15. Matias, Luis; Carrilho, Fernando; Sá, Vasco; Omira, Rachid; Niehus, Manfred; Corela, Carlos; Barros, José; Omar, Yasser. "The Contribution of Submarine Optical Fiber Telecom Cables to the Monitoring of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the NE Atlantic". Frontiers in Earth Science 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.686296.
    10.3389/feart.2021.686296
  16. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Terrinha, Pedro. "A database of submarine landslides offshore West and Southwest Iberia". Scientific Data 8 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00969-w.
    Published • 10.1038/s41597-021-00969-w
  17. González, Mauricio; Álvarez-Gómez, José A.; Aniel-Quiroga, Íñigo; Otero, Luis; Olabarrieta, Maitane; Omira, Rachid; Luceño, Alberto; et al. "Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment in Meso and Macro Tidal Areas. Application to the Cádiz Bay, Spain". Frontiers in Earth Science 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.591383.
    Published • 10.3389/feart.2021.591383
  18. El-Hussain, Issa; Al-Habsi, Zaid; Al Bloushi, Khalid; Omira, Rachid; Deif, Ahmed; Baptista, Maria Ana; Mohamad, Adel M. E.. "Site-specific deterministic and probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for Diba-Oman and Diba-Al-Emirates". Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14 10 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07137-9.
    10.1007/s12517-021-07137-9
  19. Gamboa, Davide; Omira, Rachid; Piedade, Aldina; Terrinha, Pedro; Roque, Cristina; Zitellini, Nevio. "Destructive episodes and morphological rejuvenation during the lifecycles of tectonically active seamounts: Insights from the Gorringe Bank in the NE Atlantic". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 559 (2021): 116772. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116772.
    Published • 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116772
  20. Basili, Roberto; Brizuela, Beatriz; Herrero, André; Iqbal, Sarfraz; Lorito, Stefano; Maesano, Francesco Emanuele; Murphy, Shane; et al. "The Making of the NEAM Tsunami Hazard Model 2018 (NEAMTHM18)". Frontiers in Earth Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.616594.
    Published • 10.3389/feart.2020.616594
  21. Jihwan Kim; Rachid Omira. "The 6–7 July 2010 meteotsunami along the coast of Portugal: insights from data analysis and numerical modelling". Natural Hazards (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04335-8.
    10.1007/s11069-020-04335-8
  22. R. Omira; I. Ramalho. "Evidence-Calibrated Numerical Model of December 22, 2018, Anak Krakatau Flank Collapse and Tsunami". Pure and Applied Geophysics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-020-02532-x.
    10.1007/s00024-020-02532-x
  23. Maria Ana Baptista; Jorge Miguel Miranda; Rachid Omira; Issa El-Hussain. "Study of the 24 September 2013 Oman Sea tsunami using linear shallow water inversion". Arabian Journal of Geosciences 13 14 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05632-z.
    10.1007/s12517-020-05632-z
  24. Terrinha, Pedro; Duarte, Henrique; Brito, Pedro; Noiva, João; Ribeiro, Carlos; Omira, Rachid; Baptista, Maria Ana; et al. "The Tagus River delta landslide, off Lisbon, Portugal. Implications for Marine geo-hazards". Marine Geology 416 (2019): 105983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.105983.
    10.1016/j.margeo.2019.105983
  25. R. Omira; G. G. Dogan; R. Hidayat; S. Husrin; G. Prasetya; A. Annunziato; C. Proietti; et al. "The September 28th, 2018, Tsunami In Palu-Sulawesi, Indonesia: A Post-Event Field Survey". Pure and Applied Geophysics 176 4 (2019): 1379-1395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02145-z.
    10.1007/s00024-019-02145-z
  26. Glimsdal, S.; Løvholt, F.; Harbitz, C. B.; Romano, F.; Lorito, S.; Orefice, S.; Brizuela, B.; et al. "A New Approximate Method for Quantifying Tsunami Maximum Inundation Height Probability". Pure and Applied Geophysics 176 7 (2019): 3227-3246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02091-w.
    10.1007/s00024-019-02091-w
  27. El-Hussain, I.; Omira, R.; Al-Habsi, Z.; Baptista, M. A.; Deif, A.; Mohamed, A. M. E.. "Probabilistic and deterministic estimates of near-field tsunami hazards in northeast Oman". Geoscience Letters 5 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40562-018-0129-4.
    10.1186/s40562-018-0129-4
  28. Reis, C; Figueiredo, J; Clain, S; Omira, R; Baptista, M A; Miranda, J M. "Comparison between MUSCL and MOOD techniques in a finite volume well-balanced code to solve SWE. The Tohoku-Oki, 2011 example". Geophysical Journal International 216 2 (2018): 958-983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy472.
    10.1093/gji/ggy472
  29. I. Ramalho; R. Omira; S. El Moussaoui; M.A. Baptista; M.N. Zaghloul. "Tsunami-induced morphological change – A model-based impact assessment of the 1755 tsunami in NE Atlantic from the Morocco coast". Geomorphology 319 (2018): 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.geomorph.2018.07.013.
    10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.013
  30. Maria Ana Baptista; Jorge Miguel Miranda; Luis Matias; Rachid Omira. "Synthetic tsunami waveform catalogs with kinematic constraints". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 17 7 (2017): 1253-1265. https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fnhess-17-1253-2017.
    10.5194/nhess-17-1253-2017
  31. Maria Ana Baptista; Jorge Miguel Miranda; Luis Matias; Rachid Omira. "Synthetic Tsunami Waveform Catalogs With Kinematic Constraints". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions (2017): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fnhess-2017-57.
    10.5194/nhess-2017-57
  32. R. Omira; L. Matias; M. A. Baptista. "Reply to Comment on “Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard in the Northeast Atlantic From Near- and Far-Field Tectonic Sources” by Fonseca (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2016)". Pure and Applied Geophysics 174 3 (2017): 1127-1132. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00024-017-1470-9.
    10.1007/s00024-017-1470-9
  33. Anita Grezio; Andrey Babeyko; Maria Ana Baptista; Jörn Behrens; Antonio Costa; Gareth Davies; Eric L. Geist; et al. "Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis: Multiple Sources and Global Applications". Reviews of Geophysics (2017): https://doi.org/10.1002%2F2017rg000579.
    10.1002/2017rg000579
  34. Said El Moussaoui; Rachid Omira; Mohamed Najib Zaghloul; Hajar El Talibi; Khadija Aboumaria. "Tsunami hazard and buildings vulnerability along the Northern Atlantic coast of Morocco –the 1755-like tsunami in Asilah test-site". Geoenvironmental Disasters 4 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs40677-017-0089-6.
    10.1186/s40677-017-0089-6
  35. Issa El-Hussain; Rachid Omira; Khalid Al-Bulushi; Ahmed Deif; Zaid Al-Habsi; Ghazi Al-Rawas; Adel Mohamad; et al. "Tsunami hazard assessment along Diba-Oman and Diba-Al-Emirates coasts". MATEC Web of Conferences 120 (2017): 06007-06007. https://doi.org/10.1051%2Fmatecconf%2F201712006007.
    10.1051/matecconf/201712006007
  36. Issa El-Hussain; Rachid Omira; Ahmed Deif; Zaid Al-Habsi; Ghazi Al-Rawas; Adel Mohamad; Khalifa Al-Jabri; Maria Ana Baptista. "Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment along Oman coast from submarine earthquakes in the Makran subduction zone". Arabian Journal of Geosciences 9 15 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12517-016-2687-0.
    10.1007/s12517-016-2687-0
  37. Rachid Omira; Inês Ramalho; Pedro Terrinha; Maria Ana Baptista; Luis Batista; Nevio Zitellini. "Deep-water seamounts, a potential source of tsunami generated by landslides? The Hirondelle Seamount, NE Atlantic". Marine Geology 379 (2016): 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.margeo.2016.06.010.
    10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.010
  38. R. Omira; L. Matias; M. A. Baptista. "Developing an Event-Tree Probabilistic Tsunami Inundation Model for NE Atlantic Coasts: Application to a Case Study". Pure and Applied Geophysics 173 12 (2016): 3775-3794. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00024-016-1367-z.
    10.1007/s00024-016-1367-z
  39. C. Reis; R. Omira; L. Matias; M. A. Baptista. "On the source of the 8 May 1939 Azores earthquake – tsunami observations and numerical modelling". Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 8 2 (2016): 328-347. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F19475705.2016.1218944.
    10.1080/19475705.2016.1218944
  40. R. Omira; M. A. Baptista; F. Lisboa. "Tsunami Characteristics Along the Peru–Chile Trench: Analysis of the 2015 Mw8.3 Illapel, the 2014 Mw8.2 Iquique and the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule Tsunamis in the Near-field". Pure and Applied Geophysics 173 4 (2016): 1063-1077. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00024-016-1277-0.
    10.1007/s00024-016-1277-0
  41. M. Wronna; R. Omira; M. A. Baptista. "Deterministic approach for multiple-source tsunami hazard assessment for Sines, Portugal". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15 11 (2015): 2557-2568. https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fnhess-15-2557-2015.
    10.5194/nhess-15-2557-2015
  42. M. Wronna; R. Omira; M. A. Baptista. "Scenario based approach for multiple source Tsunami Hazard assessment for Sines, Portugal". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 3 8 (2015): 4663-4693. https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fnhessd-3-4663-2015.
    10.5194/nhessd-3-4663-2015
  43. R. Omira; D. Vales; C. Marreiros; F. Carrilho. "Large submarine earthquakes occurred worldwide, 1 year period (June 2013 to June 2014), – contribution to the understanding of tsunamigenic potential". Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. 3 3 (2015): 1861-1887. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-3-1861-2015.
    10.5194/nhessd-3-1861-2015
  44. R. Omira; M. A. Baptista; L. Matias. "Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard in the Northeast Atlantic from Near- and Far-Field Tectonic Sources". Pure Appl. Geophys. 172 3-4 (2014): 901-920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-014-0949-x.
    10.1007/s00024-014-0949-x
  45. J. M. Miranda; M. A. Baptista; R. Omira. "On the use of Green's summation for tsunami waveform estimation: a case study". Geophysical Journal International 199 1 (2014): 459-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu266.
    10.1093/gji/ggu266
  46. Benchekroun, S.; Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; El Mouraouah, A.; Brahim, A.I.; Toto, E.A.. "Tsunami impact and vulnerability in the harbour area of Tangier, Morocco". Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887601665&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/19475705.2013.858373
  47. Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Leone, F.; Matias, L.; Mellas, S.; Zourarah, B.; Miranda, J.M.; Carrilho, F.; Cherel, J.-P.. "Performance of coastal sea-defense infrastructure at El Jadida (Morocco) against tsunami threat: Lessons learned from the Japanese 11 March 2011 tsunami". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13 7 (2013): 1779-1794. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880476734&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5194/nhess-13-1779-2013
  48. Costa, P.J.M.; Andrade, C.; Freitas, M.C.; Oliveira, M.A.; da Silva, C.M.; Omira, R.; Taborda, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Dawson, A.G.. "Boulder deposition during major tsunami events". Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 36 15 (2011): 2054-2068. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82855182004&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/esp.2228
  49. Baptista, M.A.; Miranda, J.M.; Omira, R.; Antunes, C.. "Potential inundation of Lisbon downtown by a 1755-like tsunami". Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 11 12 (2011): 3319-3326. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855810566&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5194/nhess-11-3319-2011
  50. Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Miranda, J.M.. "Evaluating Tsunami impact on the Gulf of Cadiz Coast (Northeast Atlantic)". Pure and Applied Geophysics 168 6-7 (2011): 1033-1043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959811439&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00024-010-0217-7
  51. Font, E.; Nascimento, C.; Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Silva, P.F.. "Erratum to Identification of tsunami-induced deposits using numerical modeling and rock magnetism techniques: A study case of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami in Algarve, Portugal. [Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors Volume 182, Issues 3-4, Pages 187-198 (October 2010)]". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 184 1-2 (2011): 106-117. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78751591371&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.006
  52. Font, E.; Nascimento, C.; Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Silva, P.F.. "Identification of tsunami-induced deposits using numerical modeling and rock magnetism techniques: A study case of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami in Algarve, Portugal". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 182 3-4 (2010): 187-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2010.08.007.
    10.1016/j.pepi.2010.08.007
  53. Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Miranda, J.M.; Toto, E.; Catita, C.; Catalão, J.. "Tsunami vulnerability assessment of Casablanca-Morocco using numerical modelling and GIS tools". Natural Hazards 54 1 (2010): 75-95. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955097099&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11069-009-9454-4
  54. Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Matias, L.; Miranda, J.M.; Catita, C.; Carrilho, F.; Toto, E.; et al. "Design of a sea-level tsunami detection network for the Gulf of Cadiz". Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 9 4 (2009): 1327-1338. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76149092517&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5194/nhess-9-1327-2009
Magazine article
  1. Samira Mellas; Frédéric Leone; Rachid Omira; Monique Gherardi; Maria-Ana Baptista; Bendahhou Zourarah; Mathieu Péroche; et al. "Le risque tsunamique au Maroc : modélisation et évaluation au moyen d'un premier jeu d'indicateurs d'exposition du littoral atlantique", physio-geo, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/physio-geo.2589.
    10.4000/physio-geo.2589
Newspaper article
  1. Omira, Rachid. "Leone, F., Omira, R., Péroche, M., Mellas, S., de Richemond, N. M., Gherardi-Leone, M., ... & Baptista, M. A. (2017). Apports des sciences géographiques à la prévention du risque tsunami au Maroc", Hespéris-Tamuda, 2017
Online resource
  1. Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner; Rahman Hidayat; Semeidi Husrin; Gegar Prasetya; Alessandro Annunziato; Gozde Guney Dogan; Andrey Zaytsev; et al. Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map - Indonesia | Post event Tsunami Survey | 7.5 M Earthquake (28 Sept 2018). 2018. http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/images/stories/itst_tsunami_survey/itst_palu/ECDM_20181116_Indonesia_Tsunami_Survey.pdf.
Preprint
  1. Sergio Padilla; Íñigo Aniel-Quiroga; Rachid Omira; Mauricio González; Jihwan Kim; Maria A. Baptista. "Volcano Tsunamis and their effects on moored vessels safety: The 2022 Tonga event". 2024. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-663.
    10.5194/egusphere-2024-663
Report
  1. Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner; Rahman Hidayat; Semeidi Husrin; Gegar Prasetya; Alessandro Annunziato; Gozde Guney Dogan; Andrey Zaytsev; et al. 2018. The 28th September 2018 Palu Earthquake and Tsunami ITST, 07 - 11 November Post Tsunami Field Survey Report.. http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/images/stories/itst_tsunami_survey/itst_palu/ITST-Nov-7-11-Short-Survey-Report-due-on-November-23-2018.pdf.
  2. Omira, Rachid. 2018. Avaliação de Perigosidade de Tsunami na Cidade de Lisboa (Tsunami hazard assessment for the city of Lisbon)..
  3. Omira, Rachid. 2013. Avaliação do Risco de Tsunami no Concelho de Cascais, Portugal (Evaluation of tsunami risk in Cascais)..
  4. Omira, Rachid. 2010. Avaliação de Riscos Naturais e Tecnológicos na Cidade de Lisboa.(Risk assessment of technological and natural hazards in the city of Lisbon).

Other

Other output
  1. Spatial and morphometric relationships of submarine landslides offshore west and southwest Iberia. 2021. Davide Gamboa; Rachid Omira; Pedro Terrinha. https://doi.org/10.31223/X51K77.
    10.31223/X51K77
  2. Submarine landslide tsunamis in SW Iberia Margin: Sensitivity of tsunamigenic potential and hazard extent to physical properties of marine sediments. 2021. Inês Ramalho; Rachid Omira; Aldina Piedade; Davide Gamboa; José Grazina; Luís Lemos. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12587.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12587
  3. The MAGICLAND (Marine Geohazards InduCed by LANDslides) database: Early results on submarine landslide distribution and morphometrics offshore Portugal . 2021. Rachid Omira; Davide Gamboa; Pedro Terrinha. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12602.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12602
  4. A database of submarine landslides offshore West and Southwest Iberia. 2021. Davide Gamboa; Rachid Omira; Pedro Terrinha. https://doi.org/10.31223/X56P52.
    10.31223/X56P52
  5. Tsunami hazard induced by a newly discovered landslide in the Tagus delta off Lisbon (Portugal). Deltas are sedimentary bodies with high sedimentation rates that are very sensitive to changes in environmental conditions. The Tagus delta off Lisbon (Portugal) is characterized by the presence of high energy deposit and erosive structures with an estimated age of approximately 8 ky BP. In this work, we investigate, through numerical modelling, the tsunami hazard induced by a newly discovered und. 2019. Ramalho, Inês; Omira, Rachid; Terrinha, Pedro; Ribeiro, Carlos. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25625.
  6. Tsunami Characteristics Along the Peru–Chile Trench: Analysis of the 2015 Mw8.3 Illapel, the 2014 Mw8.2 Iquique and the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule Tsunamis in the Near-field. 2017. R. Omira; M. A. Baptista; F. Lisboa. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-57822-4_21.
    10.1007/978-3-319-57822-4_21
  7. Developing an Event-Tree Probabilistic Tsunami Inundation Model for NE Atlantic Coasts: Application to a Case Study. 2016. R. Omira; L. Matias; M. A. Baptista. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-55480-8_7.
    10.1007/978-3-319-55480-8_7
  8. The Tagus River delta (off Lisbon, Portugal) as a repository of landslides. Implications on trigger mechanisms, tsunami hazard and neotectonics.. The seismic stratigraphy of the Tagus estuary ebb-tidal delta of Lisbon (Portugal) is investigated with the purpose of searching for evidences of possible sedimentary or erosive features associated with landslides or mass wasting deposits (MTD) events. A special attention was given to events that could have been triggered by large earthquakes that are known to have struck the West of Portugal and. 2015. Terrinha, Pedro; Duarte, Henrique; Noiva, João; Ribeiro, Carlos; Brito, Pedro; Baptista, Maria Ana; Miranda, Miguel; et al. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-5606.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/17 “Silent” Tsunamis: Are They Hazardous? IPMA's Scientific Seminars
Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera - IPMA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/03/18 Non-seismic Tsunamis in the Azores-Gibraltar Fracture Zone, NE Atlantic UNESCO Expert Meeting
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (Paris, France)
2023/05/22 Forecasting Meteotsunamis using SMART cables. International workshop on SMART cables, Science and Society
University of Aveiro, Portugal.
2023/05 Volcano Tsunamis- Generation mechanisms and hazard extent IDL seminars
Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
2023/05 The lessons learned from the tsunami that followed the Turkey earthquake on Feb. 2023 Turkey earthquake and tsunami 2023
Academia das Ciências Lisboa (Portugal)
2023/04/21 The Portuguese Tsunami Warning Center and the challenges for a tsunami-ready community Tsunami Ready Community
Auditório Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais (Portugal)
2022/09 Global Tonga Tsunami and challenges for tsunami warning systems Scientific workshop for 10th anniversary of CENALT operation
CENALT, Paris (Paris, France)
2022/05/05 The global reach of the tsunami triggered by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano DEEGE seminars
Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/04/09 Tsunamis in Madeira Island?
Museu Casa da Luz Madeira (Madeira, Portugal)
2022/02/21 O tsunami que “saltou” de um oceano para outro: Revelar os aspetos mais enigmáticos do tsunami global desencadeado pela explosão do vulcão Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai em 15/01/2022 Seminário de Física
ISEL - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/09 Tsunami hazard in SW Iberia RELICT Magellan Plus Workshop, Sept 12-13
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/27 The Portuguese tsunami warning system. Risco de Tsunami - Cascais
Auditório Casa das Histórias Paula Rego (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/07 Progress in the Tsunami science in the NE Atlantic
Faculty of Science and Technique (Tangier, Morocco)
2017/03/23 Worldwide Multi-Hazard Assessment to support the Emergency Response Coordination Center (ERCC): ARISTOTLE Project. Dia Mundial da Meteorologia
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/03 Tsunami impact and vulnerability model. International Conference Risks, Security and Citizenship
(Setúbal, Portugal)
2016/10 On the transoceanic tsunami propagation in the Atlantic Ocean
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (CEPEDES) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2015/03 Baptista M.A., Miranda J. M., Omira R., El-Hussain I., Deif A., Al Habsi Z. (2015). Tsunami Generation in the Arabian Sea: Investigation of the source of the 24 September 2103 event. Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: A regional conference in Muscat, Oman
(Muscat, Oman)
2015/03 Omira R., El-Hussain I., Al-Rawas G., Deif A., Baptista M. A., AL-Jabri K., Mohamed A., Al Habsi Z. (2015). Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard along the coast of Oman. Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean: A regional conference in Muscat, Oman
(Muscat, Oman)
2015/03 Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard along the Coast of Oman International Conference: Reducing Tsunami Risk in the Western Indian Ocean, 22-23 March 2015
(Muscat, Oman)
2013/05 Physics of Tsunami
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/09/20 The North-East Atlantic Tsunami. Warning System. Case of the PtTWS. Riscos Naturais
Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10 - Current Storm Surges in a changing climate: modelling approach to assess impact on the Portuguese coast
Supervisor of Alessandro Marraccini
PhD Thesis (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - Current Submarine landslide-induced tsunami in the NE Atlantic: A source-to-coast hazard model
Supervisor of Inês Ramalho
 PhD Thesis (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/07 - 2023/07 Tsunami Decision Matrix for a strike-slip fault - The Gloria Fault in the NE Atlantic
Co-supervisor
 Master Thesis (Master)
Università di Bologna, Italy
2019/07 - 2023/06 Developing meteotsunami numerical models for events occurring in the SW Iberia Margin
Supervisor of Jihwan Kim
4-years Post-doc Researcher contract (PhD)
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2019/07 - 2023/01 Submarine landslides and their induced marine-geohazard in the NE Atlantic region
Supervisor of Davide Gamboa
 3.5-years Post-doc Researcher contract (PhD)
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/07 Numerical modeling of the December 18, 1926 tsunami in the Tagus estuary
Supervisor
 1st cycle graduation reserach project (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/07 Assessment of the tsunamigenic potential of faults off the coast of Galicia
Supervisor
 1st cycle graduation reserach project (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/11 - 2019/11 Meteotsunami events in the instrumental records of Iberian coasts
Supervisor of Daniela Maxial
 Master Thesis (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/10 Probabilistic assessment of tsunami hazard along the coast of Brazil from North Atlantic tectonic sources
Supervisor of Daniela Leite Corrêa
Master Thesis (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017/01 - 2018/10 Mathematical modeling analysis of 1755 tsunami propagation in Pernambuco and Paraiba states coast – Brazil, for present days
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014 - 2018 Tsunami sediment processes and littoral system interaction: Numerical Modeling of Tsunami and its impact on the littoral morphology.
Co-supervisor
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, University AbdelMalek Essâadi, Morocco

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2026/04/04 - 2026/04/06 Co-convener of Session NH5.1 "Tsunami science and warning: advances in modelling, disaster risk reduction, forecasting and hazard communication" at EGU General Assembly 2026 (https://www.egu26.eu/session/56980). (2026/04/03 - 2026/04/08)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2025/04/29 - 2025/04/30 Co-convener of Session NH5.1 "Tsunami science and warning: advances in modelling, disaster risk reduction, forecasting and hazard communication" at EGU General Assembly 2025 (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/52469). (2025/04/27 - 2025/05/02)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2024/04/15 - 2024/04/16 Co-convener of Session NH5.1 "Tsunamis: modelling, hazard assessment, forecasting, and warning" at EGU General Assembly 2024 (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/48280) (2024/04/14 - 2024/04/19)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2022/05/18 - 2022/05/20 Member of the organizing committee of the “2nd World Conference on Meteotsunamis” Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), Spain. http://2cm-menorca.ime.cat/Contingut.aspx?IdPub=2357. (2022/05/18 - 2022/05/20)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/13 The UNESCO Post-Event Field Survey of the September 28th, 2018 Palu Tsunami
Other

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2009 - Current European Geophysical Society
2008 - Current American Geophysical Union

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Co-Chairs of the Task Teams on “Non-seismic tsunami sources” in the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) of UNESCO.
Coordinator
2017/11 - Current Scientific Coordinator of the Portuguese Tsunami Warning Center (PtTWC)
Coordinator
 Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/07/06 - 2021/07/09 1st International Congress on Coastal Research (ICCR 2020) Faculty of sciences and techniques of AL Hoceima, Morocco.

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2014 - 2014 Tsunami Hazard Assessment of Oman Liquefied Natural Gas (OLNG). Client: OLNG, Oman. Role: Consultant of Earthquake Monitoring Center of Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat- Oman Earthquake Monitoring Center of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016/10/15 - Current Progress in tsunami hazard assessment in the NE Atlantic Université Abdelmalek Essaadi Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Tanger, Morocco
2016/03/10 - 2016/03/15 Training Course On Tsunami Modelling Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013/01/23 - 2013/01/27 Tsunami Modelling Workshop Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Earthquake Monitoring Center of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
2010/07/05 - 2010/07/09 Tsunami physics and Modeling: Coast of Morocco Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Spain

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021/04/30 - 2021/10/25 Evaluator of the PhD projects call by fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) “2021 Call for PhD fellowships” in Earth Science Panel. In this call, he evaluated the scientific and academic merits of tens of applications addressing various topics of Earth science.
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/07/24 Rachid Omira gave an interview to the "Publico" newspaper titled “Equipa portuguesa identifica pela primeira vez um tsunami que deu a volta ao mundo”, discussing the Nature publication on the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption and the resulting global tsunami. Publico newspaper
2022/07/02 Rachid gave an interview to “Visão” newspaper, entitled “Cientistas do Instituto Dom Luiz e do IPMA desvendam fenómeno que motivou propagação global do tsunami de Tonga”, explaining the new discovery of what happened following the explosion of the 2022 Tonga volcano. Visão
2022/01/24 Rachid Omira gave an interview to “Expresso” newspaper on Tonga meteotsunami that “jamped” from one ocean to another: “Tonga: a história do meteotsunami que saltou de oceano para oceano e deu várias voltas ao mundo (e parece não ter afetado o clima global)”. Expresso

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/04/09 - Current Rachid gave an interview to to “RTP Madeira” television on the tsunami risk in Madeira Island following the Seminar given on “Tsunamis na Ilha da Madeira?” at the Museu Casa da Luz in Madeira. Tsunami in Madeia Island
2018/12/24 - Current Rachid gave an interview to “TSF” television on the Anak Krakatau volcano eruption and tsunami it generated. 2018 Anak Krakatau volcano eruption and tsunami

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01 - Current Editor of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
2014 - Current Nature Comunications (2041-1723)
2014 - Current Marine Geology (0025-3227) Elsevier
2014 - Current Journal of Geophysical Research (2156-2202)
2014 - Current Ocean Engineering (0029-8018) Elsevier
2014 - Current Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Copernicus GmbH
2014 - Current Pure and Applied Geophysics (1420-9136) Springer-Verlag
2014 - Current Natural Hazards (1573-0840) Springer-Verlag
2014 - Current Geomorphology (0169-555X) Elsevier