The objectives of the CARIBE WAVE exercise are to test and evaluate operations of the Caribe Tsunami Warning System (Caribe EWS), (1) to exercise and evaluate communications between the regional tsunami service provider and member states/territories, (2) to evaluate tsunami procedures and programs within members states/territories (validate the readiness to respond to a tsunami, operational readiness and validate the dissemination of warnings and information/advise by tsunami warning centers and the tsunami warning focal points), and (3) to evaluate the volcanic products.

During the CARIBE WAVE 2025exercise, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands participants will use the Portugal Scenario for a local earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 Mw that will generate a tsunami for the Caribbean Region

Origin Time: March 20, 2025, at 15:00 UTC (11:00 am, Puerto Rico local time)

Location: Latitude: 36.0°N and Longitude: 10.7°W

Participants in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands should refer to the information included in this webpage based on the PTWC domestic products. For the Caribe Wave 2025 Communications Exercise, the PRSN will only issue the messages of the exercise’s timeline starting at 11:00 am (Puerto Rico local time) to emergency managers within our region by all available means. 

The Puerto Rico EAS will also be activated.