[Sdi-latinamericacaribbean] Caribbean seismic monitoring agencies agree to share data

[Kate Lance]

http://www.cdera.org/cunews/uploads/2008_03_10_rsno_2_meeting.pdf
Caribbean seismic monitoring agencies agree to share data
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago W.I.—March 13th, 2008 – Seismic monitoring agencies in the Caribbean Basin have agreed, in principle, to share and contribute data to a regional warning centre, a critical step towards making a regional tsunami warning system (TWS) a reality. The decision was an important outcome of the 2nd meeting of Regional Seismic Network Operators (RSNO2) recently held on the University of the
West Indies’ St. Augustine campus in Trinidad. Funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and coordinated by the Seismic Research Unit, RSNO2 brought together eighteen participants from thirteen seismic monitoring agencies in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Important recommendations emerging from the meeting included the need for National Governments to ensure that existing seismological networks are provided with resources required for sustainability. Participants also agreed that a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Centre (CTWC) is needed to support local and national tsunami focal points that have been established in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004). They further agreed that a CTWC should be identified at the meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Group (ICG-CARIBE-EWS) being held in Panama this week. Five monitoring agencies were considered possible candidates for the CTWC inclusive of the Seismic Research Unit.
Source: CDERA; University of the West Indies


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