Caracas, Jul 24 (EFE).- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his government is “keeping watch” for a possible tsunami in the Caribbean, after the Seismic Research Center of Trinidad and Tobago warned of strong seismic activity in the underwater volcano Kick’em Jenny
“I am in contact with governors, military chiefs and emergency management offices keeping watch for a possible tsunami in the Caribbean following the alert issued,” the president said Friday on Twitter, adding that “all measures have been taken to enable us to act whatever the circumstances.”
Maduro called for calm and said his government is coordinating with other Caribbean countries and international organizations “on a real-time, objective follow-up of this preventive alert” issued Thursday by the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago.
The alert issued Thursday was particularly intended for Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which lie closest to the underwater volcano.
The Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation said Friday that the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies issued an “orange alert,” which signifies that “a possible eruption could begin in less than 24 hours.”
The island of Grenada is located at some 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of Venezuela, a country that has more than 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) of Caribbean coastline.
Bron: LaPrensasa
