CARIBE WAVE 16

17 March 2016

The annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 16, was conducted on 17 March 2016 at 1400 UTC. Over 300,000 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 Venezuela and a tsunami generated by a Mw 8.7 earthquake in Northern Hispaniola. 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. 

CTWP CaribeWave16	Haiti CW16 PC
Panama CW16 Evacuacion Miguel de la Borda	PRSN Caribewave2016
Guadeloupe Sign	Venezuela CW16 evacuacion

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
a.brome@unesco.org – Programme Officer CTIC