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  This information requires expert interpretation and is intended as guidance 
 IOTWS-TSP-INDIA-20160823-0211-001  (TYPE - I) 
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 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 
 IOTWS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER TSP INDIA  
 INDIAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE (ITEWC) 
 issued at:  	 0220 UTC Tuesday 23 August 2016 
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   ... PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION ...   
   
 This bulletin applies to areas within and bordering the Indian Ocean. 
 It is issued by Tsunami Service Provider INDIA in support of the 
 UNESCO/IOC Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS). 
   
   
 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION  
   
 IOTWS-TSP INDIA detected an earthquake with the following preliminary information: 
   
 Magnitude:  	 4.9 M (Slight) 
 Depth: 	 10  km 
 Date:  	 23 Aug 2016 
 Origin Time:  	 0211 UTC 
 Latitude: 	 24.06 N 
 Longitude: 	 94.73 E 
 Location: 	 Myanmar-India Border Region 
   
 2. EVALUATION 
   
 This earthquake happened on land part of Myanmar-India Border 
 RegionBased on historical earthquake and tsunami data, Tsunami Threat 
 does not exist 
   

 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.  
 The feedback received from the NTWC for the respective updated threat status 
 of their area of responsibility can be found at:   
 http://www.incois.gov.in/Incois/tsunami/NTWCStatusSummary.jsp 
   
 4. OTHER INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDERS  
   
 Other IOTWS-TSPs may issue additional information at:  
 IOTWS-TSP AUSTRALIA: http://reg.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtsp  
 IOTWS-TSP INDONESIA: http://rtsp.bmkg.go.id  
   
 In case of confilicting information from IOTWS-TSPs, 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 
   
   
 6. TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE INDIAN OCEAN 
   
  Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS): 
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  Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) 
  http://ptwc.weather.gov/ 
   
  North West Pacific Tsunami Advisory Centre (NWPTAC) 
  http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/ 
   
  US National Tsunami Warning Centre (US NTWC) 
  http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ 
   
  Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) 
  http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/ 
   
   
  Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS): 
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  French National Tsunami Warning Centre (CENALT) 
  http://www.info-tsunami.fr 
   
  Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens 
  http://www.gein.noa.gr/en/ 
   
  Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Turkey 
  http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/2/en/ 
   
   
  Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS): 
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  Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) 
  http://ptwc.weather.gov/ 
   
   
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