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

2018; Seismological Society of America; Volume: 89; Issue: 2A Linguagem: Inglês

10.1785/0220170193

1938-2057

W. Strauch, E. Talavera, Virginia Tenorio, Javier Ramírez, Greyving Jose Arguello, Martha Herrera, Antonio Acosta, Allan Morales,

Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Research Article| February 14, 2018 Toward an Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring and Early Warning System for Nicaragua and Central America Wilfried Strauch; Wilfried Strauch aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Emilio Talavera; Emilio Talavera aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Virginia Tenorio; Virginia Tenorio aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Javier Ramírez; Javier Ramírez aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Greyving Argüello; Greyving Argüello aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Martha Herrera; Martha Herrera aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Antonio Acosta; Antonio Acosta aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Allan Morales Allan Morales aInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Frente al Hospital Solidaridad, Post Box 2110, 11097 Managua, Nicaragua, wilfried.strauch@gf.ineter.gob.ni Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (2A): 399–406. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170193 Article history first online: 14 Feb 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Wilfried Strauch, Emilio Talavera, Virginia Tenorio, Javier Ramírez, Greyving Argüello, Martha Herrera, Antonio Acosta, Allan Morales; Toward an Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring and Early Warning System for Nicaragua and Central America. Seismological Research Letters 2018;; 89 (2A): 399–406. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170193 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search ABSTRACT 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. In 2016, Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER) started to develop the Central American Tsunami Advisory Center (CATAC) and intensified cooperation and real‐time data exchange with regional seismic networks and civil protection institutions. INETER initiated a project with the Japanese cooperation to reinforce CATAC until full services would be established in 2019. Since 2016, INETER has been cooperating with the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) to develop earthquake early warnings (EEW) in Nicaragua and Central America. EEW, besides being favorable for tsunami warning, could help compensate for the extreme seismic vulnerability of millions of homes in Nicaragua and Central America that are made from adobe or other bad construction materials. Alerts, received just a few seconds before the destructive shaking, could permit inhabitants of adobe houses to leave their collapsing homes, thus saving their lives. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.