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SINAMOT
(National Tsunami Monitoring System)
Silvia Chacón Barrantes
Coordinator
RONMAC Program
Universidad Nacional
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
Aprox. 500km
Some data…
• Population ca. 5 million people
• High touristic visitation (ca. 2.5 million in
2013)
• Tropical weather
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
Tsunami history
• Max. Measured EQ:
– Mw 7.7 (1950 Nicoya)
– Mw 7.7 (1991 Limon)
• Max. Tsunami Runup
– 1950 Nicoya: 2-4m
– 1991 Limon: 3-4m
• Potential risk from far sources
– Colombia (Pacific)
– Tonga (Pacific)
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
END-TO-END TSUNAMI STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
Risk Assessment
Warning communication
CNE
PTWC
OVSICORI,
RSN, LIS
CNE
Radio
bases
Duty
officer
Link
officer
Regional
Emergency
Committee
Municipal
Emergency
Committee
Community
Emergency
Committee
Input
SINAMOT
Output
CNE
People
What is SINAMOT?
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4 researchers from UNA and UCR
Oceanographers and maritime engineers
Tsunami hazard assessment
Since April 2014
SOPs
Regular tsunami exercises
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENT
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
Monitoring Rooms
• At the Universidad Nacional
• Small backup room at Universidad de Costa
Rica
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr
Seismic
Information
OVSICORI-UNA
LIS-UCR
PTWC Enhanced
Products: Energy
Directivity, Wave
Height Forecast
PTWC Enhanced
Products: Energy
Directivity, Wave
Height Forecast
TWEB: Energy Directivity, Wave Height
Forecast
Tide Tool: Sea Level Information
Pisagua, Chile
3.3 m Peak-toTrough
~10 min period
Iquique, Chile
4.4 m Peak-toTrough
~18 min period
Tide Tool: 1 April 2014
TTT to Iquique, Chile
17
IOC: Sea Level Information
Historical Tsunami Database
Tsunami Warning
Centers
RITLAC
THANK YOU!
Silvia Chacón-Barrantes
[email protected]
[email protected]
Cellphone: (+506) 8309-6690
Telephone: (+506) 2277-3617, (+506) 2277-3929
Fax: (+506) 2277-3616
silviachaconb
Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis de Costa Rica (SINAMOT)
Universidad Nacional – Universidad de Costa Rica
sinamot.cr