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RTSP-INDIA-20130427-0601-001 (TYPE - I)

BULLETIN 1

REGIONAL TSUNAMI ADVISORY SERVICE PROVIDER RTSP INDIA (ITEWC)

Issued at: 0612 UTC Saturday 27 April 2013

... PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION ...

Earthquake Information
EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
Magnitude (Preferred) : 4.7 mb (Slight)
Network Magnitude(s): 4.2 (MLv), 4.7 (mb), 4.4 (M)
Depth: 155 km
Date : 27 Apr 2013
Origin Time: 0601 UTC
Latitude: 10.05 N
Longitude: 85.64 W
Location: Costa Rica
Land/ Ocean: Land part
Water Level Depth (if Ocean): NIL
EVALUATION

This earthquake happened on land part of Costa Rica. Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, Tsunami Threat does not exist for Indian Ocean.

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.

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/NTWCFeedbackStatus.jsp

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.

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

Elapsed Time: This Earthquake happened 00 Hours, 09 Minutes, 39 Seconds ago