Tsunami Watch
Posted by JAC on 6/12/2010, 4:06 pm



WEIO40 RJTD 121947
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA)
ISSUED AT 1947 12 JUN 2010 (UTC)

... A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

1.EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
ORIGIN TIME : 1927 12 JUN 2010 (UTC)
COORDINATES : 7.7 NORTH 91.8 EAST
LOCATION    : NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA, REGION
MAGNITUDE   : 7.6

2.EVALUATION
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL TSUNAMI
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

3.ESTIMATED TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIME
ONE HOUR OR LESS
 INDIA:
   ALL COASTS OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
 INDONESIA:
   INDIAN OCEAN COAST OF SUMATRA
   MALACCA COAST OF SUMATRA
ONE HOUR TO THREE HOURS
 INDIA:
   ARABIAN SEA COAST
   BENGAL BAY COAST
 MALDIVES:
   ALL COASTS
 SRI LANKA:
   ALL COASTS
 MYANMAR:
   BENGAL BAY COAST
 THAILAND:
   MALACCA COAST
 INDONESIA:
   INDIAN OCEAN COAST OF JAWA
 AUSTRALIA:
   COCOS ISLANDS

*TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIME IS ESTIMATED ONLY FROM EARTHQUAKE DATA
AND INDICATES THE TIME LAPSE BETWEEN ORIGIN TIME AND TSUNAMI
ARRIVAL TIME.

*THIS WILL BE THE FINAL INFORMATION UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION AND ESTIMATED TSUNAMI
TRAVEL TIME BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE OR THERE ARE
REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS.

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