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 RTSP-INDIA-20120524-0516-001  (TYPE - I) 
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 TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 
 REGIONAL TSUNAMI ADVISORY SERVICE PROVIDER RTSP INDIA (ITEWC) 
 issued at:  	 0524 UTC Thursday 24 May 2012 
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   ... EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION BULLETIN ...   
   
 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION  
   
 RTSP INDIA detected an earthquake with the following preliminary  
 information: 
   
 Magnitude:    	 5.0 mb 
 Depth:        	 380  km 
 Date:         	 24 May 2012 
 Origin Time:  	 05 16 UTC 
 Latitude:     	 31.33 N 
 Longitude:    	 138.39 E 
 Location:     	 Southeast of Honshu, Japan 
   
 2. EVALUATION 
   
 Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, Tsunami Threat does 
 not exist for Indian Ocean. 
   

 3. ADVICE 
   
 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  
   
 No further bulletins will be issued by RTSP INDIA for this event 
 unless additional information becomes available. 
   
 Other RTSPs may issue additional information at:  
 RTSP AUSTRALIA: http://reg.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtsp  
 RTSP INDONESIA: http://rtsp.bmkg.go.id  
   
 In case of conflicting information from RTSPs or the IAS (PTWC, JMA), the more  
 conservative information should be used for safety. 
   
 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 
   
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