Summary

The fourteenth annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 25, will be conducted on the 20th of March 2025 at 1500 UTC. UNESCO/IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunamis and Other Coastal Hazards for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS) Member States and Territories will have two scenarios from which to choose: a tsunami generated by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake located along the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault Zone (EPGFZ) and a tsunami generated by a magnitude 8.6 earthquake located approximately 270 km off the Portugal coast.

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 the exercise.

Website: https://tsunami.ioc.unesco.org/en/caribewave25