NTWC-INCOIS-20130612-1130-002 (TYPE - II) TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST BULLETIN 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE - INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 1145 IST Wednesday 12 June 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT FOR 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 parameters: Magnitude: 9.0 Mw(mB) (Great) Depth: 10 km Date: 12 Jun 2013 Origin Time: 1130 IST Latitude: 12.65 N Longitude: 93.5 E Location: Andaman Islands, India 2. EVALUATION Earthquakes of this size sometimes have potential to generate tsunamis. However, so far there is no confirmation about the triggering of a tsunami. An investigation is under way to determine if a tsunami has been triggered. ITEWC will monitor sea level gauges and report if any tsunami wave activity has occurred. 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. DIGLIPUR 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 32.4 m Warning PORT BLAIR 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 29.6 m Warning HAVELOCK 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 29.1 m Warning RANGATH BAY 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 20.2 m Warning LITTLE ANDAMAN 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 13.7 m Warning NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 9.5 m Warning WEST & LANDFALL ISLAND 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 8.9 m Warning FLAT ISLAND 1131IST 12 Jun 2013 6.0 m Warning NICOBAR 1144IST 12 Jun 2013 8.6 m Warning KOMATRA & KATCHAL ISLAND 1151IST 12 Jun 2013 8.4 m Warning INDIRA POINT GREAT & LITTLE NICOBAR ISLAND 1203IST 12 Jun 2013 5.5 m Warning PURI 1343IST 12 Jun 2013 3.1 m Alert JAGATSINGHAPUR 1344IST 12 Jun 2013 2.5 m Alert KRISHNA 1350IST 12 Jun 2013 3.2 m Alert CUDDALORE; PONDICHERRY; VILLUPURAM 1350IST 12 Jun 2013 2.5 m Alert SRIKAKULAM 1353IST 12 Jun 2013 4.4 m Alert EAST & WEST GODAVARI 1353IST 12 Jun 2013 3.4 m Alert KENDRAPARA; BHADRAK; BALESHWAR 1353IST 12 Jun 2013 2.7 m Alert NELLORE 1356IST 12 Jun 2013 2.9 m Alert PRAKASAM; GUNTUR 1356IST 12 Jun 2013 2.8 m Alert KANCHIPURAM 1357IST 12 Jun 2013 4.1 m Alert VISAKHAPATNAM; VIZIANAGARAM 1357IST 12 Jun 2013 3.9 m Alert GANJAM 1400IST 12 Jun 2013 3.7 m Alert CHENNAI; TIRUVALLUR 1400IST 12 Jun 2013 2.7 m Alert TANJAVUR; PUDUKOTAI; RAMESHWARAM; NAGAPATTINAM; KARAIKAL 1402IST 12 Jun 2013 1.9 m Watch PURBA MEDINIPUR; SOUTH & NORTH 24 PARGANAS 1415IST 12 Jun 2013 1.9 m Watch KANYAKUMARI 1641IST 12 Jun 2013 0.7 m Watch TIRUNELVELI 2108IST 12 Jun 2013 0.6 m Watch RAMANATHAPURAM SOUTH 2126IST 12 Jun 2013 0.5 m Watch KOLLAM 0057IST 13 Jun 2013 0.6 m Watch TUTICORIN 0105IST 13 Jun 2013 0.5 m Watch THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 0114IST 13 Jun 2013 0.5 m Watch 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