The thirteenth annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 24, will be conducted on the 21st of March 2024 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 Mw 8.7 earthquake located in the Puerto Rico Trench and a tsunami generated by a magnitude Mw 8.47 earthquake located in the North Panama Deformed Belt.

 

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.