The Tonga earthquake earlier this month seems to have produced massive concern among nations in the Pacific Ocean, since the incident revealed the fact that there are major drawbacks in the tsunami prevention plan.
Therefore, 26 Pacific nations, along with Japan and the United States, came together in order to develop a tsunami early prevention system that would correct existing drawbacks.
According to the Associated Press, one of the main issues related to the Tonga earthquake, was the fact that locals in and around that area did not receive a tsunami warning issued after the May 4th, 7.9 magnitude shook up, which occurred 160 km away from the island chain.
But now, The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization stated that the new tsunami early prevention system, which is still undergoing tests, the "Exercise Pacific Wave 06", will measure the degree of responsiveness and readiness of countries in the area to a tsunami warning bulletin.
Patricio Bernal, executive secretary of the IOC, stated that "The earthquake showed that we have greatly improved our capacity to get the initial information out quickly. The event highlighted the need to improve the information bulletins".
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