NTWC-INCOIS-20150926-0930-002 (TYPE - II) TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST BULLETIN 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE - INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 0940 IST Saturday 26 September 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT FOR INDIAN COAST ... 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (Revised) *** THIS IS A TSUNAMI MOCK DRILL 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 M (Great) Depth: 10 km Date: 26 Sep 2015 Origin Time: 0930 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. 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. PORT BLAIR 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 18.4 m Warning RANGATH BAY 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 17.4 m Warning HAVELOCK 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 16.1 m Warning DIGLIPUR 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 15.2 m Warning LITTLE ANDAMAN 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 10.4 m Warning NICOBAR 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 9.1 m Warning NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 6.9 m Warning WEST & LANDFALL ISLAND 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 4.7 m Warning FLAT ISLAND 0931IST 26 Sep 2015 4.6 m Warning KOMATRA & KATCHAL ISLAND 0942IST 26 Sep 2015 6.8 m Warning INDIRA POINT GREAT & LITTLE NICOBAR ISLAND 0956IST 26 Sep 2015 4.6 m Warning PURI 1149IST 26 Sep 2015 3.0 m Alert CUDDALORE; PONDICHERRY; VILLUPURAM 1149IST 26 Sep 2015 2.8 m Alert KRISHNA 1150IST 26 Sep 2015 2.9 m Alert JAGATSINGHAPUR 1150IST 26 Sep 2015 2.4 m Alert EAST & WEST GODAVARI 1152IST 26 Sep 2015 3.0 m Alert NELLORE 1154IST 26 Sep 2015 2.6 m Alert KANCHIPURAM 1155IST 26 Sep 2015 4.0 m Alert SRIKAKULAM 1155IST 26 Sep 2015 3.8 m Alert PRAKASAM; GUNTUR 1156IST 26 Sep 2015 2.7 m Alert VISAKHAPATNAM; VIZIANAGARAM 1157IST 26 Sep 2015 3.8 m Alert CHENNAI; TIRUVALLUR 1158IST 26 Sep 2015 3.3 m Alert KENDRAPARA; BHADRAK; BALESHWAR 1158IST 26 Sep 2015 2.0 m Alert NAGAPATTINAM TO RAMESHWARAM 1159IST 26 Sep 2015 2.5 m Alert GANJAM 1203IST 26 Sep 2015 4.1 m Alert PURBA MEDINIPUR; SOUTH & NORTH 24 PARGANAS 1221IST 26 Sep 2015 1.5 m Watch RAMANATHAPURAM SOUTH 1248IST 26 Sep 2015 0.7 m Watch KANYAKUMARI 1312IST 26 Sep 2015 0.9 m Watch TIRUNELVELI 1348IST 26 Sep 2015 0.7 m Watch TUTICORIN 1549IST 26 Sep 2015 0.7 m Watch THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 1614IST 26 Sep 2015 0.7 m Watch KOLLAM 1639IST 26 Sep 2015 0.6 m Watch ALAPPUZHA 1919IST 26 Sep 2015 0.5 m Watch MALAPPURAM; THRISSUR; ERNAKULAM 1337IST 26 Sep 2015 0.4 m Watch MINICOY 1308IST 26 Sep 2015 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