NTWC-INCOIS-20111012-0630-07 (TYPE - III Supplementary 04) TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 7 INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE – INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 1029 IST Wednesday 12 October 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... CONFIRMED TSUNAMI THREAT IN THE INDIAN COAST ... 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (Revised) *** THIS IS INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI DRILL IOWAVE11 *** *** 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: 12 Oct 2011 Origin Time: 0630 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) 4.3N 96.2E 0650IST 12 Oct 2011 3.6m Sabang (Indonesia) 5.8N 95.3E 0655IST 12 Oct 2011 4.0m CampbellBay(India) 6.9N 93.7E 0740IST 12 Oct 2011 4.0m Telukdalam (Indonesia) 0.6N 97.8E 0742IST 12 Oct 2011 2.5m Nancowry(India) 8.0N 93.5E 0818IST 12 Oct 2011 3.2m Padang (Indonesia) 0.9S 100.4E 0821IST 12 Oct 2011 0.5m Ko Taphao Noi (Thailand) 7.8N 98.4E 0834IST 12 Oct 2011 3.9m AerialBay(India) 13.6N 93.0E 0837IST 12 Oct 2011 3.2m Trinconmalee (Sri Lanka) 8.6N 81.2E 0837IST 12 Oct 2011 3.8m Machlipattnam(India) 16.2N 81.2E 0850IST 12 Oct 2011 2.8m Chennai(India) 13.1N 80.3E 0855IST 12 Oct 2011 2.5m Cocos Island (Australia) 12.1S 96.9E 0900IST 12 Oct 2011 2.0m Nagapattinam(India) 10.8N 79.8E 0902IST 12 Oct 2011 2.7m Colombo (Sri Lanka) 7.0N 79.8E 0916IST 12 Oct 2011 1.0m Male (Maldive Islands) 4.2N 73.5E 0954IST 12 Oct 2011 3.3m Gan (Maldive Islands) 0.7S 73.2E 1005IST 12 Oct 2011 1.2m Langkawi (Malaysia) 6.4N 99.8E 1005IST 12 Oct 2011 2.3m 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 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 23.4 m Warning INDIRA POINT GREAT & LITTLE NICOBAR ISLAND 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 20.0 m Warning KOMATRA & KATCHAL ISLAND 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 19.8 m Warning PORT BLAIR 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 17.5 m Warning LITTLE ANDAMAN 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 15.9 m Warning NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 14.2 m Warning HAVELOCK 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 11.2 m Warning RANGATH BAY 0631IST 12 Oct 2011 9.1 m Warning FLAT ISLAND 0634IST 12 Oct 2011 11.0 m Warning DIGLIPUR 0646IST 12 Oct 2011 6.6 m Warning WEST & LANDFALL ISLAND 0646IST 12 Oct 2011 6.5 m Warning PURI 0821IST 12 Oct 2011 5.6 m Warning JAGATSINGHAPUR 0823IST 12 Oct 2011 5.3 m Warning KRISHNA 0825IST 12 Oct 2011 7.6 m Warning SRIKAKULAM 0826IST 12 Oct 2011 7.5 m Warning EAST & WEST GODAVARI 0827IST 12 Oct 2011 7.0 m Warning CUDDALORE; PONDICHERRY; VILLUPURAM 0828IST 12 Oct 2011 8.9 m Warning VISAKHAPATNAM; VIZIANAGARAM 0830IST 12 Oct 2011 7.7 m Warning PRAKASAM; GUNTUR 0831IST 12 Oct 2011 7.5 m Warning NELLORE 0831IST 12 Oct 2011 5.8 m Warning KENDRAPARA; BHADRAK; BALESHWAR 0832IST 12 Oct 2011 4.9 m Warning KANCHIPURAM 0833IST 12 Oct 2011 12.5 m Warning CHENNAI; TIRUVALLUR 0834IST 12 Oct 2011 7.4 m Warning GANJAM 0835IST 12 Oct 2011 7.9 m Warning NAGAPATTINAM TO RAMESHWARAM 0837IST 12 Oct 2011 9.1 m Warning PURBA MEDINIPUR; SOUTH & NORTH 24 PARGANAS 0859IST 12 Oct 2011 3.6 m Warning TUTICORIN 0912IST 12 Oct 2011 4.3 m Warning RAMANATHAPURAM SOUTH 0913IST 12 Oct 2011 4.4 m Warning TIRUNELVELI 0929IST 12 Oct 2011 5.4 m Warning KOLLAM 0938IST 12 Oct 2011 3.8 m Warning THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 0939IST 12 Oct 2011 4.2 m Warning KANYAKUMARI 0944IST 12 Oct 2011 6.6 m Warning ALAPPUZHA 0948IST 12 Oct 2011 3.6 m Warning MINICOY 0950IST 12 Oct 2011 3.3 m Warning ANDROTH 1000IST 12 Oct 2011 2.3 m Warning KAVARATTI 1013IST 12 Oct 2011 1.7 m Alert MALAPPURAM; THRISSUR; ERNAKULAM 1020IST 12 Oct 2011 3.5 m Warning AGATTI 1020IST 12 Oct 2011 2.0 m Alert AMINI 1021IST 12 Oct 2011 2.2 m Warning KOZHIKODE 1039IST 12 Oct 2011 2.9 m Warning KANNUR 1048IST 12 Oct 2011 2.3 m Warning KASARAGOD 1052IST 12 Oct 2011 1.7 m Alert UDUPI; DAKSHIN KANNADA 1106IST 12 Oct 2011 1.9 m Alert UTTAR KANNADA 1141IST 12 Oct 2011 2.6 m Warning NORTH & SOUTH GOA 1157IST 12 Oct 2011 2.2 m Warning SINDHUDURG 1202IST 12 Oct 2011 1.6 m Alert RATNAGIRI 1226IST 12 Oct 2011 1.6 m Alert PORBANDAR 1303IST 12 Oct 2011 0.9 m Alert RAIGAD 1313IST 12 Oct 2011 1.5 m Alert JUNAGADH; DIU 1313IST 12 Oct 2011 1.2 m Alert JAMNAGAR 1314IST 12 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert KUTCH 1334IST 12 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert MUMBAI; THANE 1344IST 12 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert AMRELI 1403IST 12 Oct 2011 1.1 m Alert BHAVNAGAR; KHEDA; BHARUCH; SURAT; VALSAD 1419IST 12 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