Cartas de Inundación por Tsunami - Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy
Original (non-English) name
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CITSU - SHOA
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Abstract
The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) is the technical, permanent and official body of the State, responsible for the operation, operation and maintenance of the National Tsunami Alarm System (SNAM).
As a fundamental element of support to its operational task, the SHOA has begun in 1997 the execution of the CITSU Project, elaboration of Tsunami Flood Charts for the coast of Chile, tools that allow defining the maximum flood levels expected for the main urban and port areas of the Chilean coastline, due to the occurrence of near-field tsunamigenic seismic events.
In the field of prevention and mitigation of the impact of tsunamis, these flood letters have a direct application in urban planning carried out by the municipal authority and in the preparation of evacuation and civil protection plans, tasks that it supervises in each locality. the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of the Interior (ONEMI), through the actions carried out by the Regional Offices of Civil Protection and Emergency (OREMI), and the Local Emergency Committees, in accordance with the Basic Methodology for the Preparation of a Community Plan Tsunami Response.