Note: Products and models have evolved over the years, and warning center designated service areas have shifted. Older exercise materials may not reflect current services and capabilities.
Date |
Exercise |
Scenario(s) |
Magnitude |
Source |
March 26, 2019 |
LANTEX 19 An Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.5 |
North of Hispaniola
19.21N 68.73W
22 km deep |
March 20, 2019 |
PACIFEX 19 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.8 |
Off the Northern Mariana Islands
22.70N 144.40E
20 km deep |
March 14, 2019 |
CARIBE WAVE 19 A Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami Warning Exercise |
6.0 |
Kick 'em Jenny submarine volcano (Windward Islands)
12.3N 61.6W
10 km deep |
8.5 |
North of Panama
10.0N 78.5W
25 km deep |
September 1 to November 30, 2018 (in conjunction with World Tsunami Awareness Day on November 5) |
Pacific Wave 2018 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Enhanced Products Exercise |
8.1 |
Samoa Islands region (2009 event, Tonga trench)
15.489S 172.095W
18 km deep |
8.8 |
Near coast of Central Chile (2010 event, Peru-Chile trench)
36.122S 72.898W
23 km deep |
9.1 |
Near coast of Honshu, Japan (2011 event, Japan trench)
38.297N 142.373E
29 km deep |
8.0 |
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands (2013 event, South Solomon trench)
10.799S 165.114E
24 km deep |
9.0 |
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands (South Solomon trench)
10.799S 165.114E
24 km deep |
8.8 |
Philippines (Manila trench, South China Sea)
14.4N 119.5E
30 km deep |
9.0 |
Tonga (Tonga trench)
20.0S 173.4W
20 km deep |
March 26, 2018 |
PACIFEX 18 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.2 |
Shumagin Islands (off the tip of the Alaska Peninsula)
54.5N 158.5W
17.6 km deep |
March 21, 2018 |
LANTEX 18 An Atlantic tsunami warning exercise |
7.5 (landslide) |
Southeast of Boston, Massachusetts
40.0N 70.0W
7 km deep |
March 15, 2018 |
CARIBE WAVE 18 A Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.6 |
Barbados
12.20N 58.30W
15 km deep |
8.1 |
Colombia (Caribbean Sea)
11.5N 74.8W
15 km deep |
7.6 |
Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea, 1918 event)
18.3N 67.8W
10 km deep |
March 29, 2017 |
PACIFEX 17 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.5 |
West northwest of Vancouver
50.0N 127.5W
15 km deep |
March 22, 2017 |
LANTEX 17 An Eastern Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.8 |
West southwest of Lisbon, Portugal
36.0N 15W
15 km deep |
March 21, 2017 |
CARIBE WAVE 17 A Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami Warning Exercise |
7.9 |
Costa Rica (Caribbean Sea)
9.37N 82.54W
19 km deep |
8.2 |
Cuba (Caribbean Sea)
19.625N 76.35W
20 km deep |
8.5 |
Northern Antilles (Atlantic Ocean)
16.96N 60.69W
10 km deep |
February 15-17, 2017 |
Pacific Wave 2017 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Enhanced Products Exercise |
9.0 |
Philippines (Manila trench, South China Sea)
15.44N 119.36E
35 km deep |
9.0 |
Solomon Islands (New Britain-San Cristobal trench)
7.3S 156.0E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Vanuatu (New Hebrides trench)
14.3S 166.2E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Tonga (Tonga trench)
23.6S 175.5W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Central Chile (Peru-Chile trench)
32.3 71.9W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Ecuador (Colombia-Ecuador trench)
1.0N 81.5W
20 km deep |
June 7, 2016 |
Cascadia Rising 2016 |
9.0 |
West of Portland, Oregon
45.7N 125.1W
20 km deep |
March 17, 2016 |
CARIBE WAVE 16 A Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.4 |
Venezuela (Caribbean Sea)
10.8N 66.0W
15 km deep |
8.7 |
Northern Hispaniola
20.2N 71.7W
20 km deep |
March 16, 2016 |
LANTEX 16 A Western Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
6.8 (landslide) |
East of Boston, Massachusetts
42.7N 63.2W
5 km deep |
February 15, 2016 |
Pacific Wave 2016 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Enhanced Products Exercise |
9.0 |
Kamchatka (Kuril-Kamchatka trench)
52.5N 159.5E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Off Northern Japan (Japan trench)
38.1N 142.9E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-Shoto trench)
28.0N 129.0E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Philippines (Manila trench, South China Sea)
17.0N 119.0E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Philippines (Philippines trench, Pacific)
9.5N 126.6E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Solomon Islands (New Britain-San Cristobal trench)
7.3S 156.0E
20 km deep |
March 25, 2015 |
PACIFEX 15 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.6 |
East of the Kamchatka peninsula
53.5N 162.0E
30 km deep |
March 25, 2015 |
CARIBE WAVE 15 A Caribbean Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.5 |
North of Panama (Caribbean Sea)
10.3N 78.8W
15 km deep |
March 25, 2015 |
LANTEX 15 A Western Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
6.8 (landslide) |
East of Port Canaveral, Florida
28.8N 77.0W
5 km deep |
February 2-6, 2015 |
Pacific Wave 2015 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Enhanced Products Exercise |
9.0 |
Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-Shoto trench)
28.0N 129.0E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Tonga (Tonga trench)
23.6S 175.5W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Ecuador (Colombia-Ecuador trench)
1.0N 81.5W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Off Northern Japan (Japan trench)
38.1N 142.9E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Philippines (Manila trench, South China Sea)
17.0N 119.0E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Peru (Peru-Chile trench)
11.4S 78.7W
20 km deep |
March 27, 2014 |
PACIFEX 14 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
9.1 |
South of Alaska - Between Kodiak Island and the Shumagin Islands (USGS SAFRR tsunami scenario)
55.2N 156.7W
18.5 km deep |
March 26, 2014 |
CARIBE WAVE 14 A Caribbean and Northwestern Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.5 |
West of Portugal (1755 event)
36.04N 10.75W
5 km deep |
March 26, 2014 |
LANTEX 14 A Gulf of Mexico Tsunami Warning Exercise |
6.6 (landslide) |
Southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana (Mississippi Canyon)
27.49N 91.29W
5 km deep |
May 1, 2013 |
Pacific Wave 2013 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Enhanced Products Exercise |
9.0 |
Off northern Japan
(Japan trench)
38.1N 142.9E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Off western Philippines
(Manila trench, South China Sea)
17.0N 119.0E
20 km deep |
9.1 |
Off northern Chile
(Peru-Chile trench)
22.5S 70.7W
20 km deep |
March 27, 2013 |
PACIFEX 13 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
9.0 |
Near Guam (Mariana trench)
20.2N, 146.8E
5 km deep |
March 20, 2013 |
CARIBE WAVE/LANTEX 13 A Caribbean Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.5 |
North of Oranjestad, Aruba
13.35N 69.95W
10 km deep |
March 28, 2012 |
PACIFEX 12 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
9.2 |
East of Kodiak City, Alaska (1964 event)
58.0N 150.5W
8 km deep |
March 28, 2012 |
LANTEX 12 An Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico Tsunami Warning Exercise |
6.7 (landslide) |
Northwest of Key West, Florida
25.6N, 84.6W
10 km deep |
7.7 (landslide) |
Southeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
32.0N, 78.0W
10 km |
November 9-10, 2011 |
Pacific Wave 11 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise |
9.0 |
Kamchatka (Kuril-Kamchatka trench)
52.5N 159.5E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-Shoto trench)
28.0N 129.0E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Philippines (Manila trench)
16.2N 119.3E
20 |
9.0 |
Philippines (Philippines trench, Pacific)
9.5N 126.6E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Vanuatu (New Hebrides trench)
14.3S 166.2E
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Tonga (Tonga trench)
23.6S 175.5W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Central Chile (Peru-Chile trench)
32.3 71.9W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Ecuador (Colombia-Ecuador trench)
1.0 N 81.5 W
20 km deep |
9.0 |
Central America (Middle America trench)
11.5N 87.5W
20 km deep |
June 23, 2011 |
Exercise SoCal 2011 A Southern California Tsunami Warning Exercise |
9.2 |
Southeast of Chignik, Alaska
54.5N and 155.8W
40 km deep |
March 23, 2011 |
PACIFEX 11 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
9.0 |
West of Eugene, Oregon
44.2N and 125.0W
2 km deep |
March 23, 2011 |
CARIBE WAVE/LANTEX 11 A Caribbean Tsunami Warning Exercise |
7.6/7.6 (double quake) |
Virgin Islands Trough
(1867 event)
18.21N, 65.26W/18.36N, 64.73W
7 km deep |
March 24, 2010 |
PACIFEX 10 A Pacific Tsunami Warning Exercise |
9.0 |
Southeast of Chignik, Alaska
55.0N and 157.0W
5 km deep |
March 24, 2010 |
LANTEX 10 An Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
7.5 (landslide) |
Southeast of Boston
40.0N 70.0W
7 km deep |
April 2, 2009 |
LANTEX 09 A Northwest-Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise |
8.6 |
North of Puerto Rico
19.0N and 65.0W
5 km deep |
October 21-23, 2008 |
Pacific Wave 08 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise |
9.2 |
Off northeast coast of Japan
40N 143E |
May 16-17, 2006 |
Pacific Wave 06 A Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise |
9.2 |
Off coast of Central Chile
30S 72W |
8.8 |
North of the Philippines
20N 120E |