Nacional.A "Today will be a real test no tsunami warning, so Gloria Ceballos, director of the Bureau of Meteorology (ONAMET), asked the public not to be alarmed, because trying to assess the response capacity of the institutions involved. The activity entitled "Exercise Wavi Caribbean II" and was released by Ceballos, who explained that the test was scheduled from October last year and will be based on remembering the tsunami in the Virgin Islands in 1867, the latest in the Caribbean region.
Ceballos said that among the objectives of the simulation of the tsunami, which have a magnitude of 7.6, is to monitor how agencies are trained to be coordinated when an event of this nature.
"We will assess what we have to improve to respond, but they will not mobilize people or boats, is rather an exchange of information," said the director of ONAMET.
explained that although earthquakes are unpredictable events, the result of a tsunami is the closest and therefore calls on the population living in coastal areas to leave their homes inland, immediately generating a earthquake event.
Ceballos urged people not to panic and announced that several media are news tickers from the activity, which, while not real, is misleading.
The activity will take place from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
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