CARIBE WAVE 21

26 March 2021

The annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 21, was conducted on 26 March 2021 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 8.0 earthquake in Jamaica and a tsunami generated by a Mw 8.5 earthquake in Northern Lesser Antilles. 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. A post-exercise webinar “Hot-Wash” is held for Member States to discuss their experience and participation on the exercise. All webinars are recorded, and the presentations 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