Toward an Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring and Early Warning System for Nicaragua and Central America

Wilfried Strauch, Emilio Talavera, Virginia Tenorio

Penerbit : Seismological Research Letters

Tahun : 2018

We report on seismic and tsunami monitoring and early warning systems in Nicaragua and Central America, regions that are bordered by plate boundaries and subduction zones with related high seismic and tsunami risks. These systems were established in Nicaragua only after big earthquake and tsunami disasters (that took place in Managua in 1972 and the Pacific coast in 1992, respectively). The Nicaraguan seismic network is well developed, and the National Tsunami Warning System (NTWS) is a model for the Central American region. In 2015, the Central American countries and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), along with the Tsunami Warning Systems (TWS) for the Pacific and the Caribbean, accepted Nicaragua’s proposal to create a regional TWS that would improve tsunami services for Central America.

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