Experts Meeting “Tsunami Hazard in Central America: Historical Events and Potential Sources”

23 - 24 June 2016,

UNESCO San Jose
Calle 28, Paseo Colón

San José
Costa Rica

Annotated Agenda

1 Historical events in the Central America region and adjacent areas [Moderator: Marino Protti]
1.1 Wilfried Strauch Historical background: Central America Pacific Coast earthquakes and tsunamis
1.2 Emile Okal, Tsunami Earthquakes: the ultimate challenge in real-time tsunami mitigation
1.3 Thorne Lay, Modeling Tsunami Earthquakes and Slip to the Trench in Great Events
1.5 Hans Jürgen Meyer & Diana Mendoza, Possible evidence of prehistoric tsunami impact on San Andrés Island, Colombia and Preliminary evaluation of tsunami potential on the northern segment of the Colombian subduction zone
1.6 Emile Okal, Tsunami earthquakes, Landslides and Terraces: the contribution of rogue events to tsunami risk in Central America
2 Seismic studies and potential tsunamigenic sources in the Central America region [Moderator: Dr. Emile Okal]
2.1 Jose Antonio Alvarez-Gomez, Tsunamigenic sources in the Middle America Trench off Central America
2.2 Eduardo Camacho, Seismotectonics and Tsunamis in the North Panama Deformed Belt
2.3 Marino Protti, South Central America sources
3 Technical/Scientific development of tsunami modelling for the Central America region, including key parameters [Moderator: Dr. Vasily Titov]
3.1 Vasily Titov, Tsunami model forecast approaches
3.2 Nestor Luque, Tsunami modeling of the September 7, 1882 tsunami in the Province of Colon, Panama
3.3 Silvia Chacon, Modeling of local tsunami sources for Costa Rica, Pacific and Caribbean shores
3.4 Natalia Zamora, Major challenges of the probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment along Central America
4 Break-out Groups
4.1 Round-up of the three sessions and general guidance discussion
4.2 Summary session – breakout groups report and recommendations