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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ahamednishadh" data-source="post: 1459183" data-attributes="member: 4368">UPDATE!!RECEIVED AN UPDATED MESSAGE FEW MINS AGO!!==========================================================TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWSISSUED AT 0926Z 20 FEB 2008- Hide quoted text -THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.... A LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INDONESIAFOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FORINFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLYNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKEDECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA ANDANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME -  0809Z 20 FEB 2008 COORDINATES -   2.8 NORTH   96.0 EAST LOCATION    -  OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA MAGNITUDE   -  7.2EVALUATION A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA. HOWEVER - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI THAT COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY. AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS. DUE TO ONLY LIMITED SEA LEVEL DATA FROM THE REGION IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS CENTER TO RAPIDLY NOR ACCURATELY EVALUATE THE STRENGTH OF A TSUNAMI IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED.  THIS CENTER IS WAITING FOR DATA FROM THE NEAREST OFFSHORE AND COASTAL GAUGES TO CONFIRM WHETHER A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. SUCH DATA SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AT MOST.ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTSWITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUALARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THELARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEENSUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION         FORECAST POINT     COORDINATES     ARRIVAL TIME --------------------------------    ------------    ------------ INDONESIA        SIMEULUE            2.5N  96.0E    0848Z 20 FEBTHIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI- Hide quoted text -WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONBECOMES AVAILABLE.THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONFOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THEMORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.==========================================================</blockquote>

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