World Tsunami Awareness Day: 5 November

The World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed ever year on November 5 to raise awareness in areas such as tsunami early warning, public action and building back better after a disaster to reduce future impacts..
The day was designated by the UN General Assembly in December 2015.
It was on December 26, 2004 that a devastating Tsunami in the Indian ocean created havoc in 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people.
In 2021, World Tsunami Awareness Day will promote target (f) of the “Sendai Seven Campaign” which aims to “Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementation of the present Framework by 2030.”