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CARIBE WAVE Tsunami Exercise for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade1, Carolina Hincapié-Cárdenas1
and UNESCO IOC - ICG CARIBE EWS Working Group 2 and CARIBE WAVE Task Team
1Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program – US NOAA/NWS
The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions at its eighth session (ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 29 April - 1 May 2013), decided to conduct exercises named CARIBE WAVE on an annual basis leaving each Member State to define its level of participation. This exercise provide simulated threat tsunami messages from the Tsunami Service Provider (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center) triggered by hypothetical earthquakes that cause tsunami impacts in the Caribbean Region. Historical tsunami records from sources such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) show that almost 75 tsunamis have been observed in the Caribbean. Potential sources for tsunamis in the region include faults, steep slopes offshore, subaerial and submarine volcanoes. The region east of the Azores Islands and portions of the continental slope off the US and Canadian coast are particularly vulnerable to subsea landslides.
1. To exercise and evaluate operations of the CARIBE EWS Tsunami Warning System.
3. To validate the readiness to respond to a tsunami.
Dummy Messages are issue over all PTWC standard broadcast dissemination channels during Exercises.
Receipt of tsunami products by CARIBE EWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFPs) and/or National Tsunami
Warning Centers NTWCs).
2. To evaluate the use of PTWC CARIBE EWS products. Appendix F. TWC Exercise Messages Cuba Earthquake Scenario The following messages created for the CARIBE WAVE 17 tsunami exercise are representative of the official standard products issued by the PTWC during a large magnitude 8.24 earthquake and tsunami originating in southeastern coast of Cuba. During a real event, the TWCs would also issue graphical and html-based products to their web sites and via RSS. The alerts would persist longer during a real event than is depicted in this exercise. PTWC Message #1 ZCZC WECA41 PHEB 211405 TSUCAX TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1405 UTC TUE MAR 21 2017 ...TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE… **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION. **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.0 * ORIGIN TIME 1400 UTC MAR 21 2017 * COORDINATES 19.6 NORTH 76.4 WEST * DEPTH 20 KM / 12 MILES * LOCATION CUBA REGION
WMO ID
AWIPS ID
32
46
28
31
34
2
6
4 3 2 3 3 0 2 1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Nu
mb
er
of
resp
on
ses
TWFP Readiness (2013-2017)
Yes No Not Aplicable
11
21
10 11
14
24
27
18
26
20
4
8
1 1 2 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Nu
mb
er
of
resp
on
ses
TWFP/NDMO Tsunami Mass Coastal Evacuation Plan (2013-2017)
Yes No Not Aplicable
Results
Introduction
Objectives
44,000
191,000 191,420
332,814
747,326
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Par
tici
pan
t N
um
be
r
CARIBE WAVE Exercises (years)
Number of Participants (2013-2017)
19
27
14
18
22
14
16
9
14
13
5
7
6
3 3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Nu
mb
er
of
resp
on
ses
News Media Participation (2013-2017)
Yes No Not Aplicable
Next CARIBE WAVE 2018
Thursday March 15 at 14:00 UTC
Social Media Outlets
3,000 in 2016 3,157 in 2017
Type of Exercises
19
27
14
18
22
14
16
9
14 13
5
7 6
3 3 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Nu
mb
er
of
resp
on
ses
Overall Exercise Planning Fulfilling Expectations
Yes No Not Aplicable
