NTWC-INCOIS-20140909-0530-002  (TYPE - II) 
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 TEST BULLETIN 2 
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 INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE - INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) 
 issued at:  	 0539 IST Tuesday 09 September 2014 
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   ... POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT FOR INDIAN COAST ...   
   
 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (Revised)  
 *** THIS IS INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI DRILL IOWAVE14 *** 
 *** THIS IS NOT A REAL TSUNAMI EVENT *** 
   
 ITEWC INCOIS issuing TEST earthquake with the following TEST parameters: 
   
 Magnitude:  	 8.5 M (Great) 
 Depth: 	 10  km 
 Date:  	 09 Sep 2014 
 Origin Time:  	 0530 IST 
 Latitude: 	 10.4 S 
 Longitude: 	 112.8 E 
 Location: 	 South of Java, Indonesia 
   
 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. This   
 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. 
   
   
   
 KANYAKUMARI                                   	 1713IST 09 Sep 2014  	 0.5 m  	 Watch          	 
 KRISHNA                                       	 1853IST 09 Sep 2014  	 0.5 m  	 Watch          	 
 EAST & WEST GODAVARI                          	 1916IST 09 Sep 2014  	 0.5 m  	 Watch          	 
 TIRUNELVELI                                   	 1927IST 09 Sep 2014  	 0.5 m  	 Watch          	 

 4. ADVICE 
   
 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 
   
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