NTWC-INCOIS-20160311-1230-002 (TYPE - II) TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEST BULLETIN 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE - INCOIS HYDERABAD (ITEWC) issued at: 1240 IST Friday 11 March 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... 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: 11 Mar 2016 Origin Time: 1230 IST Latitude: 24.8 N Longitude: 62.2 E Location: Off Coast of Pakistan 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. KUTCH 1337IST 11 Mar 2016 3.2 m Alert JAMNAGAR 1416IST 11 Mar 2016 3.6 m Alert PORBANDAR 1417IST 11 Mar 2016 3.0 m Alert JUNAGADH; DIU 1433IST 11 Mar 2016 2.8 m Alert AGATTI 1508IST 11 Mar 2016 4.2 m Alert AMINI 1518IST 11 Mar 2016 3.6 m Alert KAVARATTI 1520IST 11 Mar 2016 2.2 m Alert SINDHUDURG 1521IST 11 Mar 2016 2.8 m Alert NORTH & SOUTH GOA 1531IST 11 Mar 2016 3.4 m Alert ANDROTH 1532IST 11 Mar 2016 3.5 m Alert RATNAGIRI 1534IST 11 Mar 2016 3.0 m Alert MINICOY 1536IST 11 Mar 2016 2.7 m Alert UTTAR KANNADA 1542IST 11 Mar 2016 3.3 m Alert AMRELI 1542IST 11 Mar 2016 3.2 m Alert RAIGAD 1556IST 11 Mar 2016 3.0 m Alert UDUPI; DAKSHIN KANNADA 1604IST 11 Mar 2016 3.2 m Alert KASARAGOD 1608IST 11 Mar 2016 2.7 m Alert MUMBAI; THANE 1609IST 11 Mar 2016 3.0 m Alert KANNUR 1610IST 11 Mar 2016 2.6 m Alert BHAVNAGAR; KHEDA; BHARUCH; SURAT; VALSAD 1617IST 11 Mar 2016 2.6 m Alert ALAPPUZHA 1618IST 11 Mar 2016 2.5 m Alert MALAPPURAM; THRISSUR; ERNAKULAM 1620IST 11 Mar 2016 2.7 m Alert KOZHIKODE 1621IST 11 Mar 2016 2.5 m Alert KOLLAM 1622IST 11 Mar 2016 2.1 m Alert THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 1637IST 11 Mar 2016 2.5 m Alert KANYAKUMARI 1649IST 11 Mar 2016 2.4 m Alert TIRUNELVELI 1719IST 11 Mar 2016 1.9 m Watch RAMANATHAPURAM SOUTH 1727IST 11 Mar 2016 1.0 m Watch TUTICORIN 1745IST 11 Mar 2016 1.6 m Watch KOMATRA & KATCHAL ISLAND 2001IST 11 Mar 2016 0.6 m Watch INDIRA POINT GREAT & LITTLE NICOBAR ISLAND 2002IST 11 Mar 2016 0.5 m Watch LITTLE ANDAMAN 2048IST 11 Mar 2016 0.5 m Watch NICOBAR 2133IST 11 Mar 2016 0.6 m Watch NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 2156IST 11 Mar 2016 0.4 m Watch FLAT ISLAND 0211IST 12 Mar 2016 0.4 m Watch NAGAPATTINAM TO RAMESHWARAM 1851IST 11 Mar 2016 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