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Message 0786ef48-473f-48c5-b505-13ef338bbc17 from NODS_HEALTH sent at 14:14:40 on 2022-03-31
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EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE URGENT TSUNAMI EVACUATION WARNING. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE!
Effective
14:14:40 2022-03-31
Expires
15:14:40 2022-03-31
Description
A tsunami has been generated as a result of a Magnitude 8.0 earthquake which occurred at 10am today Thursday 31st March 2022.
The earthquake's epicenter was located at 17.6 North and 69.5 West in the location of the Dominican Republic Region at a depth of 3KM (2 Miles) and the tsunami generated is expected to impact at approximately 10:25am local time.
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT.
EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE.
All Health personnel should move immediately to activate their disaster management plans and get to higher ground and away from all shorelines and low lying areas. Help persons that need assistance to evacuate.
EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE
Instructions
Ministry of Health personnel drill ONLY! Move immediately to high ground and away from all shorelines and low lying areas. Help persons that need assistance to evacuate.
If you feel a strong earthquake or hear a strange roar from the sea or see unusual wave action...or water level rising or receding you may have only minutes to evacuate. Do so now.
Go to your closest tsunami safety point, follow evacuation signs or ask locals. Take your evacuation kit and do not block roads or paths. Stay at the tsunami safe point as the tsunami may take several hours to pass. Evaluators and Observers will be on standby at the designated safety zones to assess the response times and challenges encountered by participants. Authorities will tell you when it is safe to return to evacuated areas.
Follow instructions from authorities.
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Contact
National Office of Disaster Services
Category
Geo
Safety
Affected areas
Antigua
Urgency / Severity / Certainty
Expected / Extreme / Observed
Sent by
Delamine Andrew-Williams
Event code(s)
SAME = CDW
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