NTWC-INCOIS-20140910-1130-09 (TYPE - III Supplementary 06) TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST BULLETIN 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE - INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 1729 IST Wednesday 10 September 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... CONFIRMED TSUNAMI THREAT IN THE 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: 9.0 M (Great) Depth: 10 km Date: 10 Sep 2014 Origin Time: 1130 IST Latitude: 24.8 N Longitude: 62.2 E Location: Off Coast of Pakistan 2. EVALUATION Sea level observations have confirmed that a TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. Maximum wave amplitudes observed so far: Jask (Iran) 25.6N 57.8E 1144IST 10 Sep 2014 7.2m Chabahar (Iran) 25.3N 60.6E 1211IST 10 Sep 2014 13.1m Karachi (Pakistan) 24.8N 67.0E 1212IST 10 Sep 2014 7.2m Masirah (Oman) 20.7N 58.9E 1242IST 10 Sep 2014 4.7m Salalah (Oman) 16.9N 54.0E 1347IST 10 Sep 2014 2.7m Marmagao(India) 15.4N 73.8E 1430IST 10 Sep 2014 3.4m Minicoy(India) 8.3N 73.1E 1442IST 10 Sep 2014 2.7m Hanimadhoo (Maldive Islands) 6.8N 73.2E 1505IST 10 Sep 2014 2.2m Cochin(India) 10.0N 76.3E 1523IST 10 Sep 2014 2.6m Male (Maldive Islands) 4.2N 73.5E 1536IST 10 Sep 2014 2.5m Gan (Maldive Islands) 0.7S 73.2E 1553IST 10 Sep 2014 2.2m Aden (Yemen) 12.8N 45.0E 1554IST 10 Sep 2014 1.9m Colombo (Sri Lanka) 7.0N 79.8E 1612IST 10 Sep 2014 1.0m Denis Island (Seychelles) 3.8S 55.7E 1652IST 10 Sep 2014 1.8m Agalega (Mauritius) 10.3S 56.6E 1725IST 10 Sep 2014 0.9m 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. KUTCH 1237IST 10 Sep 2014 3.2 m Warning JAMNAGAR 1316IST 10 Sep 2014 3.6 m Warning PORBANDAR 1317IST 10 Sep 2014 3.0 m Warning JUNAGADH; DIU 1333IST 10 Sep 2014 2.8 m Warning AGATTI 1408IST 10 Sep 2014 4.2 m Warning AMINI 1418IST 10 Sep 2014 3.6 m Warning KAVARATTI 1420IST 10 Sep 2014 2.2 m Warning SINDHUDURG 1421IST 10 Sep 2014 2.8 m Warning NORTH & SOUTH GOA 1431IST 10 Sep 2014 3.4 m Warning ANDROTH 1432IST 10 Sep 2014 3.5 m Warning RATNAGIRI 1434IST 10 Sep 2014 3.0 m Warning MINICOY 1436IST 10 Sep 2014 2.7 m Warning UTTAR KANNADA 1442IST 10 Sep 2014 3.3 m Warning AMRELI 1442IST 10 Sep 2014 3.2 m Warning RAIGAD 1456IST 10 Sep 2014 3.0 m Warning UDUPI; DAKSHIN KANNADA 1504IST 10 Sep 2014 3.2 m Warning KASARAGOD 1508IST 10 Sep 2014 2.7 m Warning MUMBAI; THANE 1509IST 10 Sep 2014 3.0 m Warning KANNUR 1510IST 10 Sep 2014 2.6 m Warning BHAVNAGAR; KHEDA; BHARUCH; SURAT; VALSAD 1517IST 10 Sep 2014 2.6 m Warning ALAPPUZHA 1518IST 10 Sep 2014 2.5 m Warning MALAPPURAM; THRISSUR; ERNAKULAM 1520IST 10 Sep 2014 2.7 m Warning KOZHIKODE 1521IST 10 Sep 2014 2.5 m Warning KOLLAM 1522IST 10 Sep 2014 2.1 m Warning THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 1537IST 10 Sep 2014 2.5 m Warning KANYAKUMARI 1549IST 10 Sep 2014 2.4 m Warning TIRUNELVELI 1619IST 10 Sep 2014 1.9 m Alert RAMANATHAPURAM SOUTH 1627IST 10 Sep 2014 1.0 m Alert TUTICORIN 1645IST 10 Sep 2014 1.6 m Alert KOMATRA & KATCHAL ISLAND 1901IST 10 Sep 2014 0.6 m Alert INDIRA POINT GREAT & LITTLE NICOBAR ISLAND 1902IST 10 Sep 2014 0.5 m Alert LITTLE ANDAMAN 1948IST 10 Sep 2014 0.5 m Alert NICOBAR 2033IST 10 Sep 2014 0.6 m Alert NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 2056IST 10 Sep 2014 0.4 m Watch FLAT ISLAND 0111IST 11 Sep 2014 0.4 m Watch NAGAPATTINAM TO RAMESHWARAM 1751IST 10 Sep 2014 0.3 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