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Author(s)	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Doc Type	Letter
Status	Published on 12 Jan 2016
Notes	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. At its Tenth Session in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, 19-21 May 2015, the ICG/CARIBE-EWS, recommended that Exercise CARIBE WAVE 16 take place on 17 March 2016, with two hypothetical scenarios: an earthquake located off Venezuela, and an earthquake located North of Hispaniola: ? The first CARIBE WAVE 16 tsunami scenario simulates a tsunami generated by a magnitude 8.4 earthquake with epicentre at 10.8ºN, 66.0ºW, off Venezuela, in the southern Caribbean Sea. Event origin time: 17 March 2016 at 14:00 UTC. ? The second CARIBE WAVE 16 tsunami scenario simulates a magnitude 8.7 earthquake with epicentre at 20.2ºN, 71.7ºW, North of Hispaniola, in the Atlantic Ocean. Event Origin time: 17 March 2016 at 15:00 UTC.
Keywords	CARIBE EWS, CARIBE WAVE, EXCERCISES
This document is in the list(s):	ICG/CARIBE EWS Working Documents
This document is used in the event(s):	EXERCISE CARIBE WAVE 16: A Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami Warning Exercise Eleventh Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

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IOC Circular Letter No. 2611: CARIBE WAVE 2016 Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions