  This paper aims at proposing a sufficient matrix inequality condition to
carry out the global exponential stability of the wave equation under an
event-triggering mechanism that updates a damping source term. The damping is
distributed in the whole space but sampled in time. The wellposedness of the
closed-loop event-triggered control system is shown. Furthermore, the avoidance
of Zeno behavior is ensured provided that the initial data are more regular.
The interest of the results is drawn through some numerical simulations.
