Tsunami exercise highlights limits of Cayman’s warning system
The Caribe Wave 2026 tsunami exercise on 19 March envisioned a familiar but sobering scenario: A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs along the Swan Islands fault line, 130 miles to the south-southwest of Grand Cayman, a near repeat of the real 8 February 2025 event that triggered a regional tsunami alert.
In the simulation, waves between one to three feet reached Cayman’s shores in just 15 minutes.
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Published on: Mar 23, 2026 02:02 PM