20 March 2013
The annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 13, was conducted on 20 March 2013 at 1400 UTC. Over 44,000 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 one scenarios to use: a tsunami generated by a Mw 8.5 earthquake in Aruba. 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.
Final Documents | Links |
Preliminary Executive Summary | |
Evaluation Report (IOC TS 101, Vol 2, Juy 2020) | |
Media Report | |
Exercise Documents | Links |
Participant Handbook (IOC TS 101, Vol 1, October 2012) | |
Press Release (Puerto Rico, Spanish) | |
Presentation (English) | |
Animation CARIBE WAVE Scenarios in the Caribbean | |
Animation of CARIBE WAVE Scenario in Puerto Rico (West) | AVI |
Animation of CARIBE WAVE Scenario in Puerto Rico (East) | AVI |
Animation of CARIBE WAVE Scenario in Puerto Rico (Central) | AVI |
Supporting Documents | Links |
PTWC Communication Plan (2006) | |
How to Plan, Conduct and Evaluate Tsunami Exercises (IOC Manuals and Guides 58, 2013) | PDF, EN PDF, SP |
Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (IOC Manuals and Guides 74, April 2022) | |
Multi-annual Community Tsunami Exercise Programme (Manuals and Guides 86, September 2021) | PDF, EN PDF, SP PDF, FR |
Users' Guide for the Central America Tsunami Advisory Centre (CATAC) (2019 draft) | PDF, SP |
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 and Spanish to facilitate the participation of all the countries. All the presentations from the webinars are made available.
Webinars | Links |
Webinar 1 | |
English (25 January 2013) | Presentation |
Spanish (24 January 2013) | Presentation |
Webinar 2 | |
English (15 February 2013) | Presentation |
Spanish (14 February 2013) | Presentation |
Additional Resources | Links |
Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC) | Website |
Central America Tsunami Advisory Center (CATAC) | Website |
UNESCO/IOC list of designated national agencies responsible for the coordination of international tsunami warning and mitigation activities | Website |
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)/World Data Service (WDS) Global Historical Tsunami Database | Website |
NOAA Tsunami Program | Website |
TsunamiZone | Website |
UNESCO IOC Tsunami Page | Website |
UNESCO IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme | Website |
TsunamiZone | Website |
US Tsunami Warning System | Website |
For questions please contact:
christa.vonh@noaa.gov – Manager ITIC-CAR
a.brome@unesco.org – Programme Officer CTIC