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PACWAVE 11

Ecuador


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Scope

Factor Action

1 Operations -

2 Institutions Involved -

3 Hazard and Risk Scenario -

4 Geographical target area -

5 Degree of Realism -

6 Date and Time -


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Scope

Factor Action

1 Operations

The exercise will be as realistic as possible, except for the activities on

the field.

The Exercise will be conducted by a Senior Officer of INOCAR and will

have observers in every Institution involved.

The scope of the exercise will be to evaluate how the institutions follow

their SOPs and how they adapt to new and unexpected situations.


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WARNING GUIDANCE ALERT ACTIVATION

Va telefnica

Red MODE

Radio

Va telefnica

TV / RADIO

CAPITANAS DE PUERTO Y

ZONAS NAVALES

AUTORIDADES YPBLICO EN GENERAL

ESTACIONES MAREOGRFICAS

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

Fax o Email

Celular/MoDMO

Telefona Celular

Telfono Satelital

Telefona Local

*Sistema de alerta audible*

INSTITUTO GEOFISICO DE LAESCUELA POLITECNICA

Telefona celular o local. Email

Va telefnica

TV / RADIO
http://www.inocar.mil.ec/


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Scope

Factor Action

2 Institutions Involved -

National Oceanographic InstituteINOCAR (Tsunami Warning

Center)

Research Oceanographic Center in Galapagos (Altern TWC)

DMO National Secretariat of Risk Management (National and every

Coastal Province)

National Geophysical Institute

Port Authorities


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Scope

Factor Action

3 Hazard and Risk Scenario -

Earthquake of Magnitude 9.0

Depth 20 Km

100.00N 8130.00 W

North of Ecuador close to the coast


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Scope


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Scope

Factor Action

4 Geographical target area -

Local Tsunami for Continental Coast of Ecuador

Regional Tsunami for Galapagos


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Scope

Factor Action

5 Degree of Realism -

Type of Exercise: Functional Exercise

Operational or Tactical exercise.

Participants will actually perform the functions of their roles.

Will involve real multy-agency participation.


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Factor Action

6 Date and Time

Starts:

November 9 201114h08 (UTC)

Ends :

November 9 2011

21h00 (UTC)


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TSUDIG


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Master Scenario EventInject

No.

UTC Local

Time

Event To From

5 14:12 11:12 Tidal gauge in Esmeraldas

stops workingpower goes

off

INOCAR

DMO

Controller

6 14:13 11:13 National DMO authorizes the

preventive Evacuation for

Continental Coast and

Galapagos

All DMO

7 14:18 11:18 CISN Display locates the

epicenter M 8.5 Near the

Coast of Esmeraldas 30 km

depth

INOCAR Controller

8 14:22 11:22 PTWC Message 1: M 8.7,

depth 25 km. Warning based

on Evaluation

INOCAR

DMO

Geophysics

Institute

9 14:22 11:22 Geophysical Institute

Identifies the epicenter andcommunicates it to INOCAR

INOCAR

DMO

Geophysics

Institute


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TSUDIG


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Master Scenario EventInject

No.

UTC Local

Time

Event To From

10 14:23 11:23 INOCAR communicates the

Alert to DMO. Asses a Total

Evacuation

DMO

Port

Authorities

INOCAR

11 14:25 11:25 DMO orders a Total

Evacuation of the ContinentalCoast and the Galapagos

Islands to a high of 30 m

above sea level

All DMO

12 14:30 11:30 Communication by Radio

saying several coastal cities inEsmeraldas have been

impacted by a Destructive

Tsunami

Regional

DMOEsmeralda

s

DMO

13 14:31 11:31 People in Manta dont want

to evacuate

DMO Controller


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TSUDIG


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Master Scenario Event

InjectNo. UTC LocalTime Event To From

14 14:38 11:38 The Tide gauge station in

Manta registers a drop in the

level and then a rapid rise

and stops working

INOCAR Controller


Salinas registers a drop in the

level and then a rapid rise

and starts to oscillate

INOCAR Controller


Pun registers a drop in thelevel and then a rapid rise

INOCAR Controller

17 14:56 11:56 Political Authorities ask to

INOCAR if it is safe to go back

to the affected area to

conduct search and rescue

operations

INOCAR Controller


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TSUDIG


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InjectNo.

UTC LocalTime

Event To From

18 15:00 12:00 People in Puerto Bolvar

starts to return to the coast,

the Tsunami doesn`t arrive

DMO Controller

19 15:10 12:10 Second and third waves hit

the coast reaching higher

levels. People form cities

away from the coast want to

evacuate

DMO Controller

20 15:40 12:40 First wave arrives to

Galapagos and coastal

structures and part of the

city. Population was already

evacuated.

All Controller


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TSUDIG


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InjectNo.

UTC LocalTime

Event To From

21 15:50 12:50 One more big wave impacts

Esmeraldas, reaching lower

levels along the coast.

INOCAR Controller

22 16:10 13:10 Local Authorities want to lift

the alert .

DMO Controller

23 16:40 13:40 Last wave in Esmeraldas

arrives at 16:40 UTM

All Controller

24 17:35 14:35 Last wave arrives to Puerto

Bolivar at 17:35 UTM

All Controller

25 18:40 15:40 Last wave arrives to

Galapagos at 18:40 UTM

All Controller


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InjectNo.

UTC LocalTime

Event To From

26 PTWC issues a message

cancellation for the region at

INOCAR Controller

27 INOCAR lifts the alert for

each region.

DMO INOCAR

28 DMO cancel the evacuation

alert

All DMO

Rescue Operations Begin

Post Exercise Evaluation


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Exercise Pacific Wave 119 November 2011

PACWAVE 11

Ecuador

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