NTWC-INCOIS-20111004-1830-013 (TYPE - III Supplementary 10) TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST TSUNAMI BULLETIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 13 INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE – INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 0429 IST Wednesday 05 October 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... CONFIRMED TSUNAMI THREAT IN THE INDIAN COAST ... 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (Revised) *** THIS IS A COMMUNICATIONS TEST OF THE INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM *** *** THIS IS NOT A REAL TSUNAMI EVENT *** ITEWC INCOIS issuing TEST earthquake with the following TEST preliminary parameters: Magnitude: 9.2 M (Great) Depth: 10 km Date: 04 Oct 2011 Origin Time: 1830 IST Latitude: 3.3 N Longitude: 95.96 E Location: NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 2. EVALUATION Sea level observations have confirmed that a TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. Maximum wave amplitudes observed so far: Meulaboh (Indonesia) 4.3 96.2 1850IST 04 Oct 2011 3.6m Sabang (Indonesia) 5.8 95.3 1855IST 04 Oct 2011 4.0m CAMPBELLBAY(India) 6.9 93.7 1940IST 04 Oct 2011 4.0m Telukdalam (Indonesia) 0.6 97.8 1942IST 04 Oct 2011 2.5m Nancowry(India) 8.0 93.5 2018IST 04 Oct 2011 3.2m Padang (Indonesia) -0.9 100.4 2021IST 04 Oct 2011 0.5m Ko Taphao Noi (Thailand) 7.8 98.4 2034IST 04 Oct 2011 3.9m Trinconmalee (Sri Lanka) 8.6 81.2 2036IST 04 Oct 2011 3.8m AerialBay(India) 13.6 93.0 2037IST 04 Oct 2011 3.2m Machlipattnam(India) 16.2 81.2 2050IST 04 Oct 2011 2.8m Chennai(India) 13.1 80.3 2055IST 04 Oct 2011 2.5m Cocos Island (Australia) -12.1 96.9 2100IST 04 Oct 2011 2.0m Nagapattinam(India) 10.8 79.8 2102IST 04 Oct 2011 2.7m Colombo (Sri Lanka) 7.0 79.8 2116IST 04 Oct 2011 1.0m Male (Maldive Islands) 4.2 73.5 2154IST 04 Oct 2011 3.3m Gan (Maldive Islands) -0.7 73.2 2205IST 04 Oct 2011 1.2m Langkawi (Malaysia) 6.4 99.8 2205IST 04 Oct 2011 2.3m Sittwe (Myanmar) 20.1 92.9 2220IST 04 Oct 2011 1.2m Hanimadhoo (Maldive Islands) 6.8 73.2 2225IST 04 Oct 2011 2.9m Diego Garcia (UK) -7.2 72.4 2227IST 04 Oct 2011 1.7m Chittagong (Bangladesh) 22.3 91.8 0000IST 05 Oct 2011 1.0m Rodrigues (Mauritius) -19.7 63.4 0025IST 05 Oct 2011 1.6m Hillarys Harbor (Australia) -31.8 115.7 0100IST 05 Oct 2011 0.5m Pt.Louis (Mauritius) -20.2 57.5 0158IST 05 Oct 2011 1.0m Masirah (Oman) 20.7 58.9 0155IST 05 Oct 2011 0.4m Salalah (Oman) 16.9 54.0 0139IST 05 Oct 2011 0.5m Chabahar (Iran) 25.3 60.6 0223IST 05 Oct 2011 0.9m Lamu (Kenya) -2.3 40.9 0352IST 05 Oct 2011 1.5m Mombasa (Kenya) -4.1 39.6 0356IST 05 Oct 2011 2.3m Zanzibar (Tanzania) -6.2 39.2 0403IST 05 Oct 2011 2.2m Based on pre-run model scenarios, the zones listed below are POTENTIALLY UNDER THREAT. 3. TSUNAMI THREAT FOR THE INDIAN COAST The list below shows the forecast arrival time of the first wave estimated to exceed 0.02 m amplitude in case of "watch", 0.5 m amplitude in case of "Alert & Warning" at the beach in each zone, and the amplitude of the maximum beach wave predicted for the zone. Zones where the estimated wave amplitudes are less than 0.2m at the beach are not shown. The list is grouped by State (alphabetic order) and ordered according to the earliest estimated times of arrival at the beach. Please be aware that actual wave arrival times may differ from those below, and the initial wave may not be the largest. A tsunami is a series of waves and the time between successive waves can be five minutes to one hour. The threat is deemed to have passed two hours after the forecast time for last exceedance of the 0.5m threat threshold for a zone. As local conditions can cause a wide variation in tsunami wave action, CANCELLATION of national warnings and ALL CLEAR determination must be made by national/state/local authorities. NICOBAR 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 23.4 m Warning INDIRA POINT GREAT & LITTLE NICOBAR ISLAND 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 20.0 m Warning KOMATRA & KATCHAL ISLAND 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 19.8 m Warning PORT BLAIR 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 17.5 m Warning LITTLE ANDAMAN 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 15.9 m Warning NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 14.2 m Warning HAVELOCK 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 11.2 m Warning RANGATH BAY 1831IST 04 Oct 2011 9.1 m Warning FLAT ISLAND 1834IST 04 Oct 2011 11.0 m Warning DIGLIPUR 1846IST 04 Oct 2011 6.6 m Warning WEST & LANDFALL ISLAND 1846IST 04 Oct 2011 6.5 m Warning PURI 2021IST 04 Oct 2011 5.6 m Warning JAGATSINGHAPUR 2023IST 04 Oct 2011 5.3 m Warning KRISHNA 2025IST 04 Oct 2011 7.6 m Warning SRIKAKULAM 2026IST 04 Oct 2011 7.5 m Warning EAST & WEST GODAVARI 2027IST 04 Oct 2011 7.0 m Warning CUDDALORE; PONDICHERRY; VILLUPURAM 2028IST 04 Oct 2011 8.9 m Warning VISAKHAPATNAM; VIZIANAGARAM 2030IST 04 Oct 2011 7.7 m Warning PRAKASAM; GUNTUR 2031IST 04 Oct 2011 7.5 m Warning NELLORE 2031IST 04 Oct 2011 5.8 m Warning KENDRAPARA; BHADRAK; BALESHWAR 2032IST 04 Oct 2011 4.9 m Warning KANCHIPURAM 2033IST 04 Oct 2011 12.5 m Warning CHENNAI; TIRUVALLUR 2034IST 04 Oct 2011 7.4 m Warning GANJAM 2035IST 04 Oct 2011 7.9 m Warning TANJAVUR; PUDUKOTAI; RAMESHWARAM; NAGAPATTINAM; KARAIKAL 2037IST 04 Oct 2011 9.1 m Warning PURBA MEDINIPUR; SOUTH & NORTH 24 PARGANAS 2059IST 04 Oct 2011 3.6 m Warning TUTICORIN 2112IST 04 Oct 2011 4.3 m Warning RAMANATHAPURAM SOUTH 2113IST 04 Oct 2011 4.4 m Warning TIRUNELVELI 2129IST 04 Oct 2011 5.4 m Warning KOLLAM 2138IST 04 Oct 2011 3.8 m Warning THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2139IST 04 Oct 2011 4.2 m Warning KANYAKUMARI 2144IST 04 Oct 2011 6.6 m Warning ALAPPUZHA 2148IST 04 Oct 2011 3.6 m Warning MINICOY 2150IST 04 Oct 2011 3.3 m Warning ANDROTH 2200IST 04 Oct 2011 2.3 m Warning KAVARATTI 2213IST 04 Oct 2011 1.7 m Alert MALAPPURAM; THRISSUR; ERNAKULAM 2220IST 04 Oct 2011 3.5 m Warning AGATTI 2220IST 04 Oct 2011 2.0 m Alert AMINI 2221IST 04 Oct 2011 2.2 m Warning KOZHIKODE 2239IST 04 Oct 2011 2.9 m Warning KANNUR 2248IST 04 Oct 2011 2.3 m Warning KASARAGOD 2252IST 04 Oct 2011 1.7 m Alert UDUPI; DAKSHIN KANNADA 2306IST 04 Oct 2011 1.9 m Alert UTTAR KANNADA 2341IST 04 Oct 2011 2.6 m Warning NORTH & SOUTH GOA 2357IST 04 Oct 2011 2.2 m Warning SINDHUDURG 0002IST 05 Oct 2011 1.6 m Alert RATNAGIRI 0026IST 05 Oct 2011 1.6 m Alert PORBANDAR 0103IST 05 Oct 2011 0.9 m Alert RAIGAD 0113IST 05 Oct 2011 1.5 m Alert JUNAGADH; DIU 0113IST 05 Oct 2011 1.2 m Alert JAMNAGAR 0114IST 05 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert KUTCH 0134IST 05 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert MUMBAI; THANE 0144IST 05 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert AMRELI 0203IST 05 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert BHAVNAGAR; KHEDA; BHARUCH; SURAT; VALSAD 0219IST 05 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert 4. ADVICE For regions under WARNING (RED), public should be advised to move in-land towards higher grounds. Vessels should move into deep ocean. For regions under ALERT (Orange), public should be advised to avoid beaches and low-lying coastal areas. Vessels should move into deep ocean For regions under WATCH (Yellow), no immediate action is required This bulletin is being issued as advice. Only national/state/local authorities and disaster management officers have the authority to make decisions regarding the official threat and warning status in their coastal areas and any action to be taken in response. 5. UPDATES Additional bulletins will be issued by ITEWC INCOIS for this event as more information becomes available. 6. CONTACT INFORMATION Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) Address:"Ocean Valley", Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO), Hyderabad - 500 090, India. Tel: 91-40-23895011 Fax: 91-40-23895012 Email: tsunami@incois.gov.in Website: www.incois.gov.in END OF TEST BULLETIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST