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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ahamednishadh" data-source="post: 5330982" data-attributes="member: 4368">There has been a powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 off da ritchter scale a few mins ago in da andaman island. the following is a email that i received from the pacific tsunami warning center. Sri Lanka has also been included in the threat list!!guys pls b careful and inform n e others too. updates will follow in this thread!!=======================================================TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 ISSUED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA) ISSUED AT 2025 10 AUG 2009 (UTC) ... A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...1.EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION ORIGIN TIME : 1956 10 AUG 2009 (UTC) COORDINATES : 14.1 NORTH 93.0 EAST LOCATION    : ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA, REGION MAGNITUDE   : 7.72.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 ONE HOUR TO THREE HOURS INDIA:   BENGAL BAY COAST SRI LANKA:   ALL COASTS BANGLADESH:   BENGAL BAY COAST MYANMAR:   BENGAL BAY COAST THAILAND:   MALACCA COAST INDONESIA:   INDIAN OCEAN COAST OF SUMATRA   MALACCA COAST OF SUMATRA*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.*****************************************************************TSUNAMI WATCH INFORMATION (TWI) IS PROVIDED TO THE COUNTRIES OFTHE INDIAN OCEAN REGION FROM JMA IN COOPERATION WITH PTWC OF USON AN INTERIM BASIS PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TSUNAMIEARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN THE REGION.  TWI SHOULD BE REGARDED AS AREFERENCE MATERIAL FOR THE DISASTER PREVENTION AUTHORITIES OF THERECIPIENT COUNTRIES TO ISSUE TSUNAMI WARNINGS ON THEIR OWNINITIATIVE AND RESPONSIBILITY.*****************************************************************====================================================UPDATEsea levels indicate a that a tsunami had been generated kiyala!!TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWSISSUED AT 2105Z 10 AUG 2009THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.... A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INDIA / MYANMAR / INDONESIA / THAILAND / BANGLADESHFOR 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 -  1956Z 10 AUG 2009 COORDINATES -  14.1 NORTH   93.0 EAST LOCATION    -  ANDAMAN ISLANDS  INDIA REGION MAGNITUDE   -  7.7EVALUATION SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. THE THREAT MAY CONTINUE FOR COASTAL AREAS LOCATED WITHIN ABOUT A THOUSAND KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR THOSE AREAS WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES HAVE OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS.  AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.</blockquote>

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