WEIO21 DEMS 241652 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 IOTWMS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER INDIA (ITEWC) issued at 1652 UTC TUESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN ... This bulletin applies to areas within and bordering the Indian Ocean and is issued by Tsunami Service Provider INDIA in support of the UNESCO/IOC Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS). 1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION IOTWMS-TSP INDIA has detected an earthquake with the following preliminary information: Magnitude : 6.8 M Depth : 10 km Date : 24 DEC 2019 Origin Time: 1645UTC Latitude : 26.92 S Longitude : 65.79 W Location : TUCUMAN PROVINCE, ARGENTINA 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 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 tsunami advisory bulletins issued by the National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWCs) of Indian Ocean countries. The tsunami warning status reported by NTWCs For their countries can be found at: http://www.incois.gov.in/Incois/tsunami/NTWCFeedbackStatus.jsp 4. OTHER INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDERS: Other IOTWMS-TSPs may issue additional information at: IOTWMS-TSP AUSTRALIA: http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/iotws/ IOTWMS-TSP INDONESIA: http://rtsp.bmkg.go.id 5. CONTACT INFORMATION IOTWMS-TSP INDIA: 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): ---------------------------------------------------- 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): -------------------------------------------------------------- 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): ------------------------------------------- Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) http://ptwc.weather.gov/ END OF BULLETIN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------