[LINK] Atlantic and Pacific Tsunami exercises under way

[Tom Worthington]

Tsunami exercise "LANTEX 10" commenced at midnight GMT today, with the 
first message sent by the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre. This 
is a scripted exercise to test tsunami response plans. LANTEX 10, 
simulates a magnitude 7.5 earthquake off the New England coast. Detail 
of the exercise, including the timeline of what is scheduled to happen 
when is available in the LANTEX10 Handbook Version 3.0 
<http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/pdf/LANTEX10HandbookV3.0.pdf>.

There is also the corresponding Pacific exercise PACIFEX 10, simulating 
a magnitude 9.0 earthquake south of the Alaska Peninsula. Details are in 
the PACIFEX10 Handbook Version 3.0 
<http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/pdf/PACIFEX10HandbookV3.1.pdf>.

In addition Alaska and California are conducting tests of their 
Emergency Alert Systems, including on TV.

It should be noted for those used to more free flowing exercises, as 
used by the UK and Australia, the US exercises tend to be more tightly 
scripted.

ps: Also note, as it says in all messages issued: THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE.


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