CARIBE WAVE 19

14 March 2019

The annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 19, was conducted on 14 March 2019 at 1400 UTC. Over 700,000 people from across the entire Caribbean basin participated in this exercise. UNESCO/IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunamis and Other Coastal Hazards for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS) Member States and Territories had two scenarios from which to choose: a tsunami generated by a Mw 8.4 earthquake in Panama and a tsunami triggered by a Mw 6.0 earthquake in Kick 'em Jenny. Tsunami exercises such as CARIBE WAVE are important to validate and advance end-to-end tsunami preparedness across the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. All 48 CARIBE EWS Member States and Territories, stakeholders, and communities at risk are encouraged to plan for and participate in tsunami exercises.

CARIBE WAVE webinars

Two series of webinars are held for Member States’ stakeholders prior to the exercise. The first webinar is dedicated to explaining the exercise’s objectives, tsunami scenarios, and tsunami products, whereas the second webinar focuses on communication systems and the exercise evaluation. They are conducted in English, Spanish, and French to facilitate the participation of all the countries. All the presentations from the webinars are made available.

For questions please contact:
christa.vonh@noaa.gov – Manager ITIC-CAR
elizabeth.vanacore@upr.edu – CARIBE WAVE Chair
a.brome@unesco.org – Programme Officer CTIC