NTWC-INCOIS-20130613-2217-001 (TYPE - I) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BULLETIN 1 INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE - INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 2227 IST Thursday 13 June 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ... PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION ... 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION ITEWC INCOIS detected an earthquake with the following preliminary information: Magnitude: 6.8 M (Moderate) Depth: 10 km Date: 13 Jun 2013 Origin Time: 2217 IST Latitude: 10.04 S Longitude: 107.28 E Location: South of Java, Indonesia 2. EVALUATION Earthquakes of this size sometimes have small 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 INCOIS will monitor sea level gauges near epicenter and report if any tsunami wave activity has occurred. 3. ADVICE This is only a Heads-up message to the national/state/local authorities and disaster management offices. No immediate public action is required. This Bulletin is being issued as an advice. Only national/state/local authorities and disaster management offices have the authority to make decisions regarding the official threat status in their coastal area and any action to be taken in response. 4. UPDATES Additional bulletins will be issued by ITEWC INCOIS for this event as more information becomes available. 5. 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 BULLETIN --------------------------------------------------------------------