CL-2814

Operaciones de prueba del Centro de Asesoramiento sobre los Tsunamis de América Central (CATAC) y ejercicio de simulacro CATAC 20 el 11 de noviembre de 2020, como parte de PacWave20

Summary (Regional scope) This circular letter is meanly intended to focal points of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. It completes IOC Circular Letter 2812 and provides access to the Exercise manual.
Doc Type Letter
Status Published on 29 Oct 2020
Notes Spanish only. Regional tsunami exercise organized on 11 November 2020 in the framework of PacWave20 (cf IOC Circular Letter 2812) to continue testing the products of the Central America Tsunami Advisory Centre (CATAC) hosted by the Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales. CATAC is under development to become the 4th Tsunami Service Provider of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System. The circular letter conveys the Exercise manual (IOC Technical Series, 156) to the focal points of the countries involved in Tsunami-CA 20 (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama). Tsunami-CA 20 will simulate tsunami advisories after by a magnitude Mw 7.8 "slow" earthquake off the Gulf of Fonseca bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
This document is in the list(s): IOC Circular Letters

Created at 09:57 on 30 Oct 2020 by Ingrid Pastor Reyes
Updated at 17:32 on 13 Nov 2020 by Patrice Boned