This is a trial service. This information requires expert interpretation and is intended as guidance RTSP-INDIA-20130117-0455-001 (TYPE - I) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 REGIONAL TSUNAMI ADVISORY SERVICE PROVIDER RTSP INDIA (ITEWC) issued at: 0508 UTC Thursday 17 January 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION BULLETIN ... 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION RTSP INDIA detected an earthquake with the following preliminary information: Magnitude: 4.8 mb (Slight) Depth: 113 km Date: 17 Jan 2013 Origin Time: 0455 UTC Latitude: 28.97 S Longitude: 69.63 W Location: Chile-Argentina Border Region 2. EVALUATION This earthquake happened on land part of Chile-Argentina Border Region. Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, Tsunami Threat does not exist for Indian Ocean. 3. ADVICE 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. For more detailed information, please refer to the advisories issued by respective National Tsunami Warning Centers (NTWCs) of IOTWS member states. 4. UPDATES This will be the final bulletin unless additional information becomes available. Other RTSPs may issue additional information at: RTSP AUSTRALIA: http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtwp_new/ RTSP INDONESIA: http://www.inatews.bmkg.gov.id In case of confilicting information from RTSPs or the IAS (PTWC, JMA), the more conservative information should be used for saftey. 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 END OF BULLETIN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------