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ABSTRACT

Uncompromising natural Hazard, like e.g. tsunamis or quake, frequently guide to misery with spectacular consequences. In these days natural disasters caused loss hundreds of thousands of human, defloration to infrastructure, loss of billions of money worth of material and disturbance of financial activity.The overall plan of action of this study focuses on developing a tsunami evacuation map to transfuse to a tsunami early warning information system for Indian subcontinent. This presents the hazard mapping for Tsunami and strategy for Tsunami evacuation for Porbandar city(Latitude: 21.6300° N Longitude: 69.6000° E) The need for the study is to conversant people for the hazard of tsunami and also saving maximum lives when tsunami occurs there in possible shortest time. The past historical earthquakes of Tsunamigenic source of Makran subduction zone which was responsible for causing tsunami on western coast of Gujarat state of for Indian subcontinent are studied. This work is about natural disaster evacuation planning and management for study area. Tsunamis can represent a significant risk to the population and cause huge economic failure in many coastal regions. The results of this study can be utilized in many useful way such as, by public policy and decision makers in developing disaster management strategies.