7.9 Quake In Sumatra 6pm 9-12

[NBT TV Phuket]

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/paci...9.12.113418.txt

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 1135Z ( 1835 thai time) 12 SEP 2007

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1110Z 12 SEP 2007

COORDINATES - 4.5 SOUTH 101.3 EAST

DEPTH - SHALLOW

LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA

MAGNITUDE - 7.9

EVALUATION

THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC. NO TSUNAMI THREAT

EXISTS TO COASTLINES IN THE PACIFIC.

WARNING... THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A WIDELY

DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI IN THE OCEAN OR SEAS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE.

AUTHORITIES IN THOSE REGIONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY

AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. THIS ACTION SHOULD INCLUDE EVACUATION

OF COASTS WITHIN A THOUSAND KILOMETERS OF THE EPICENTER AND CLOSE

MONITORING TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR EVACUATION FURTHER AWAY.

THIS CENTER MONITORS ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEA LEVEL GAUGES

OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC SO IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO QUICKLY DETECT OR

MEASURE A TSUNAMI IF ONE WAS GENERATED. AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME

THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED IN THE

REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN THREE HOURS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES

FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH

CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE

MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

[donna]

wow....do keep us posted!

and keep your ears open for the sirens all you folks on the beach!

stay safe everyone.

[taxexile]

[Tywais]

"JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 in magnitude struck Wednesday near southern Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said."

More at CNN News

and BBC News

[NBT TV Phuket]

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/indi...9.12.115317.txt

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 1153Z 12 SEP 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

NOTE REVISED MAGNITUDE

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / THAILAND /

UNITED KINGDOM / MALDIVES / MYANMAR / MALAYSIA / BANGLADESH /

MAURITIUS / REUNION / SEYCHELLES / MADAGASCAR / SOMALIA / OMAN /

PAKISTAN / IRAN / YEMEN / COMORES / CROZET ISLANDS /

MOZAMBIQUE / KENYA / TANZANIA / KERGUELEN ISLANDS /

SOUTH AFRICA / SINGAPORE

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1110Z 12 SEP 2007

COORDINATES - 4.5 SOUTH 101.3 EAST

LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA

MAGNITUDE - 8.2

EVALUATION

EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A

WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN AFFECT COASTLINES ACROSS

THE ENTIRE INDIAN OCEAN BASIN.

HOWEVER - IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS

WATCH IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AUTHORITIES IN

THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE

POSSIBILITY OF A WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI.

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.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

INDONESIA BENGKULU 3.9S 102.0E 1123Z 12 SEP

SIBERUT 1.5S 98.7E 1203Z 12 SEP

PADANG 0.9S 100.1E 1214Z 12 SEP

BANDAR LAMPUNG 5.7S 105.3E 1242Z 12 SEP

SIMEULUE 2.5N 96.0E 1243Z 12 SEP

CILACAP 7.8S 108.9E 1307Z 12 SEP

BANDA ACEH 5.5N 95.1E 1329Z 12 SEP

BALI 8.7S 115.3E 1345Z 12 SEP

KUPANG 10.0S 123.4E 1453Z 12 SEP

BELAWAN 3.8N 99.0E 1703Z 12 SEP

AUSTRALIA CHRISTMAS IS 10.4S 105.4E 1220Z 12 SEP

COCOS ISLAND 12.1S 96.7E 1234Z 12 SEP

NORTH WEST CAPE 21.5S 113.9E 1429Z 12 SEP

CAPE INSPIRATIO 25.9S 113.0E 1526Z 12 SEP

CAPE LEVEQUE 16.1S 122.6E 1542Z 12 SEP

PERTH 32.0S 115.3E 1545Z 12 SEP

AUGUSTA 34.3S 114.7E 1559Z 12 SEP

GERALDTOWN 28.6S 114.3E 1603Z 12 SEP

ESPERANCE 34.0S 121.8E 1726Z 12 SEP

KINGSTON SOUTH 37.0S 139.4E 1906Z 12 SEP

EUCLA MOTEL 31.8S 128.9E 1934Z 12 SEP

DARWIN 12.1S 130.7E 1948Z 12 SEP

HEARD ISLAND 54.0S 73.5E 1955Z 12 SEP

HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 2015Z 12 SEP

INDIA GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 1338Z 12 SEP

LITTLE ANDAMAN 10.7N 92.3E 1421Z 12 SEP

PORT BLAIR 12.0N 92.5E 1440Z 12 SEP

NORTH ANDAMAN 13.3N 92.6E 1453Z 12 SEP

CHENNAI 13.4N 80.4E 1540Z 12 SEP

KAKINADA 17.2N 82.7E 1604Z 12 SEP

TRIVANDRUM 8.3N 76.9E 1608Z 12 SEP

BALESHWAR 21.6N 87.3E 1701Z 12 SEP

MANGALORE 13.3N 74.4E 1732Z 12 SEP

BOMBAY 18.8N 72.6E 2005Z 12 SEP

GULF OF KUTCH 22.7N 68.9E 2019Z 12 SEP

SRI LANKA DONDRA HEAD 5.8N 80.5E 1447Z 12 SEP

TRINCOMALEE 8.7N 81.3E 1502Z 12 SEP

COLOMBO 6.9N 79.8E 1515Z 12 SEP

JAFFNA 9.9N 80.0E 1625Z 12 SEP

THAILAND PHUKET 8.0N 98.2E 1508Z (2208 thai time) 12 SEP

KO PHRA THONG 9.1N 98.2E 1554Z 12 SEP

KO TARUTAO 6.6N 99.6E 1626Z 12 SEP

[lazeeboy]

fo the next few hours i'd go to high ground just to be safe if i were you ...............

[baabaabobo]

8.2 now. So where are the sirens or sms messages?

KEEP AWAY FROM THE SEA - JUST IN CASE!

[ZZZ]

Updated Bulletin:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 1230Z 12 SEP 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / THAILAND /

UNITED KINGDOM / MALDIVES / MYANMAR / MALAYSIA / BANGLADESH /

MAURITIUS / REUNION / SEYCHELLES / MADAGASCAR / SOMALIA / OMAN /

PAKISTAN / IRAN / YEMEN / COMORES / CROZET ISLANDS /

MOZAMBIQUE / KENYA / TANZANIA / KERGUELEN ISLANDS /

SOUTH AFRICA / SINGAPORE

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1110Z 12 SEP 2007

COORDINATES - 4.5 SOUTH 101.3 EAST

LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA

MAGNITUDE - 8.2

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

PADANG ID 0.9S 100.4E 1221Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 28MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY

ALREADY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG SOME COASTS.

BASED ON THESE DATA THE THREAT CONTINUES FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS OF

THE INDIAN OCEAN. 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.

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.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

INDONESIA BENGKULU 3.9S 102.0E 1123Z 12 SEP

SIBERUT 1.5S 98.7E 1203Z 12 SEP

PADANG 0.9S 100.1E 1214Z 12 SEP

BANDAR LAMPUNG 5.7S 105.3E 1242Z 12 SEP

SIMEULUE 2.5N 96.0E 1243Z 12 SEP

CILACAP 7.8S 108.9E 1307Z 12 SEP

BANDA ACEH 5.5N 95.1E 1329Z 12 SEP

BALI 8.7S 115.3E 1345Z 12 SEP

KUPANG 10.0S 123.4E 1453Z 12 SEP

BELAWAN 3.8N 99.0E 1703Z 12 SEP

AUSTRALIA CHRISTMAS IS 10.4S 105.4E 1220Z 12 SEP

COCOS ISLAND 12.1S 96.7E 1234Z 12 SEP

NORTH WEST CAPE 21.5S 113.9E 1429Z 12 SEP

CAPE INSPIRATIO 25.9S 113.0E 1526Z 12 SEP

CAPE LEVEQUE 16.1S 122.6E 1542Z 12 SEP

PERTH 32.0S 115.3E 1545Z 12 SEP

AUGUSTA 34.3S 114.7E 1559Z 12 SEP

GERALDTOWN 28.6S 114.3E 1603Z 12 SEP

ESPERANCE 34.0S 121.8E 1726Z 12 SEP

KINGSTON SOUTH 37.0S 139.4E 1906Z 12 SEP

EUCLA MOTEL 31.8S 128.9E 1934Z 12 SEP

DARWIN 12.1S 130.7E 1948Z 12 SEP

HEARD ISLAND 54.0S 73.5E 1955Z 12 SEP

HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 2015Z 12 SEP

INDIA GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 1338Z 12 SEP

LITTLE ANDAMAN 10.7N 92.3E 1421Z 12 SEP

PORT BLAIR 12.0N 92.5E 1440Z 12 SEP

NORTH ANDAMAN 13.3N 92.6E 1453Z 12 SEP

CHENNAI 13.4N 80.4E 1540Z 12 SEP

KAKINADA 17.2N 82.7E 1604Z 12 SEP

TRIVANDRUM 8.3N 76.9E 1608Z 12 SEP

BALESHWAR 21.6N 87.3E 1701Z 12 SEP

MANGALORE 13.3N 74.4E 1732Z 12 SEP

BOMBAY 18.8N 72.6E 2005Z 12 SEP

GULF OF KUTCH 22.7N 68.9E 2019Z 12 SEP

SRI LANKA DONDRA HEAD 5.8N 80.5E 1447Z 12 SEP

TRINCOMALEE 8.7N 81.3E 1502Z 12 SEP

COLOMBO 6.9N 79.8E 1515Z 12 SEP

JAFFNA 9.9N 80.0E 1625Z 12 SEP

THAILAND PHUKET 8.0N 98.2E 1508Z 12 SEP

KO PHRA THONG 9.1N 98.2E 1554Z 12 SEP

KO TARUTAO 6.6N 99.6E 1626Z 12 SEP

UNITED KINGDOM DIEGO GARCIA 7.3S 72.4E 1526Z 12 SEP

MALDIVES GAN 0.6S 73.2E 1528Z 12 SEP

MALE 4.2N 73.6E 1544Z 12 SEP

MINICOV 8.3N 73.0E 1614Z 12 SEP

MYANMAR PYINKAYAING 15.8N 94.2E 1537Z 12 SEP

CHEDUBA ISLAND 18.9N 93.4E 1554Z 12 SEP

SITTWE 20.0N 92.9E 1629Z 12 SEP

MERGUI 12.8N 98.4E 1647Z 12 SEP

YANGON 16.2N 96.5E 1713Z 12 SEP

MALAYSIA GEORGETOWN 5.4N 100.1E 1704Z 12 SEP

PORT DICKSON 2.5N 101.7E 2048Z 12 SEP

BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG 22.5N 91.2E 1801Z 12 SEP

MAURITIUS PORT LOUIS 20.0S 57.3E 1803Z 12 SEP

REUNION ST DENIS 20.8S 55.2E 1820Z 12 SEP

SEYCHELLES VICTORIA 4.5S 55.6E 1847Z 12 SEP

MADAGASCAR TOAMASINA 17.8S 49.8E 1900Z 12 SEP

ANTSIRANANA 12.1S 49.5E 1905Z 12 SEP

MANAKARA 22.2S 48.2E 1919Z 12 SEP

CAP STE MARIE 25.8S 45.2E 2009Z 12 SEP

MAHAJANGA 15.4S 46.2E 2009Z 12 SEP

TOLIARA 23.4S 43.6E 2034Z 12 SEP

SOMALIA HILALAYA 6.5N 49.2E 1922Z 12 SEP

CAPE GUARO 11.9N 51.4E 1933Z 12 SEP

MOGADISHU 2.0N 45.5E 1938Z 12 SEP

KAAMBOONI 1.5S 41.9E 2004Z 12 SEP

OMAN SALALAH 17.0N 54.2E 1930Z 12 SEP

DUQM 19.7N 57.8E 1939Z 12 SEP

MUSCAT 23.9N 58.6E 1943Z 12 SEP

PAKISTAN GWADAR 25.1N 62.4E 1937Z 12 SEP

KARACHI 24.7N 66.9E 2031Z 12 SEP

IRAN GAVATER 25.0N 61.3E 1943Z 12 SEP

YEMEN AL MUKALLA 14.5N 49.2E 2003Z 12 SEP

ADEN 13.0N 45.2E 2100Z 12 SEP

COMORES MORONI 11.6S 43.3E 2006Z 12 SEP

CROZET ISLANDS CROZET ISLANDS 46.4S 51.8E 2009Z 12 SEP

MOZAMBIQUE CABO DELGADO 10.7S 40.7E 2034Z 12 SEP

ANGOCHE 15.5S 40.8E 2044Z 12 SEP

QUELIMANE 18.0S 37.1E 2213Z 12 SEP

MAPUTO 25.9S 32.8E 2218Z 12 SEP

BEIRA 19.9S 35.1E 2246Z 12 SEP

KENYA MOMBASA 4.0S 39.7E 2039Z 12 SEP

TANZANIA LINDI 9.8S 39.9E 2039Z 12 SEP

DAR ES SALAAM 6.7S 39.4E 2047Z 12 SEP

KERGUELEN ISLAN PORT AUX FRANCA 49.0S 69.2E 2049Z 12 SEP

SOUTH AFRICA PRINCE EDWARD I 46.6S 37.6E 2146Z 12 SEP

DURBAN 29.8S 31.2E 2205Z 12 SEP

PORT ELIZABETH 33.9S 25.8E 2256Z 12 SEP

CAPE TOWN 34.1S 18.0E 2359Z 12 SEP

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 1.2N 103.8E 0048Z 13 SEP

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE

MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

[taxexile]

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / THAILAND /

UNITED KINGDOM / MALDIVES / MYANMAR / MALAYSIA / BANGLADESH /

MAURITIUS / REUNION / SEYCHELLES / MADAGASCAR / SOMALIA / OMAN /

PAKISTAN / IRAN / YEMEN / COMORES / CROZET ISLANDS /

MOZAMBIQUE / KENYA / TANZANIA / KERGUELEN ISLANDS /

SOUTH AFRICA / SINGAPORE

steady on !!!

[Somtham]

Just saw the news there was a 7.9 quake in Sumatra tonight. Did you folks down south feel it?

rgds

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recent.../us2007hear.php

[Galong]

Didn't feel it in Phuket Town. I managed to get through to my mates in Patong to tell them to be on guard. Thanks!

[NBT TV Phuket]

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/indi...9.12.123044.txt

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 1230Z 12 SEP 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / THAILAND /

UNITED KINGDOM / MALDIVES / MYANMAR / MALAYSIA / BANGLADESH /

MAURITIUS / REUNION / SEYCHELLES / MADAGASCAR / SOMALIA / OMAN /

PAKISTAN / IRAN / YEMEN / COMORES / CROZET ISLANDS /

MOZAMBIQUE / KENYA / TANZANIA / KERGUELEN ISLANDS /

SOUTH AFRICA / SINGAPORE

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1110Z 12 SEP 2007

COORDINATES - 4.5 SOUTH 101.3 EAST

LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA

MAGNITUDE - 8.2

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

PADANG ID 0.9S 100.4E 1221Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 28MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY

ALREADY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG SOME COASTS.

BASED ON THESE DATA THE THREAT CONTINUES FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS OF

THE INDIAN OCEAN. 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.

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.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

INDONESIA BENGKULU 3.9S 102.0E 1123Z 12 SEP

SIBERUT 1.5S 98.7E 1203Z 12 SEP

PADANG 0.9S 100.1E 1214Z 12 SEP

BANDAR LAMPUNG 5.7S 105.3E 1242Z 12 SEP

SIMEULUE 2.5N 96.0E 1243Z 12 SEP

CILACAP 7.8S 108.9E 1307Z 12 SEP

BANDA ACEH 5.5N 95.1E 1329Z 12 SEP

BALI 8.7S 115.3E 1345Z 12 SEP

KUPANG 10.0S 123.4E 1453Z 12 SEP

BELAWAN 3.8N 99.0E 1703Z 12 SEP

AUSTRALIA CHRISTMAS IS 10.4S 105.4E 1220Z 12 SEP

COCOS ISLAND 12.1S 96.7E 1234Z 12 SEP

NORTH WEST CAPE 21.5S 113.9E 1429Z 12 SEP

CAPE INSPIRATIO 25.9S 113.0E 1526Z 12 SEP

CAPE LEVEQUE 16.1S 122.6E 1542Z 12 SEP

PERTH 32.0S 115.3E 1545Z 12 SEP

AUGUSTA 34.3S 114.7E 1559Z 12 SEP

GERALDTOWN 28.6S 114.3E 1603Z 12 SEP

ESPERANCE 34.0S 121.8E 1726Z 12 SEP

KINGSTON SOUTH 37.0S 139.4E 1906Z 12 SEP

EUCLA MOTEL 31.8S 128.9E 1934Z 12 SEP

DARWIN 12.1S 130.7E 1948Z 12 SEP

HEARD ISLAND 54.0S 73.5E 1955Z 12 SEP

HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 2015Z 12 SEP

INDIA GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 1338Z 12 SEP

LITTLE ANDAMAN 10.7N 92.3E 1421Z 12 SEP

PORT BLAIR 12.0N 92.5E 1440Z 12 SEP

NORTH ANDAMAN 13.3N 92.6E 1453Z 12 SEP

CHENNAI 13.4N 80.4E 1540Z 12 SEP

KAKINADA 17.2N 82.7E 1604Z 12 SEP

TRIVANDRUM 8.3N 76.9E 1608Z 12 SEP

BALESHWAR 21.6N 87.3E 1701Z 12 SEP

MANGALORE 13.3N 74.4E 1732Z 12 SEP

BOMBAY 18.8N 72.6E 2005Z 12 SEP

GULF OF KUTCH 22.7N 68.9E 2019Z 12 SEP

SRI LANKA DONDRA HEAD 5.8N 80.5E 1447Z 12 SEP

TRINCOMALEE 8.7N 81.3E 1502Z 12 SEP

COLOMBO 6.9N 79.8E 1515Z 12 SEP

JAFFNA 9.9N 80.0E 1625Z 12 SEP

THAILAND PHUKET 8.0N 98.2E 1508Z 12 SEP

KO PHRA THONG 9.1N 98.2E 1554Z 12 SEP

KO TARUTAO 6.6N 99.6E 1626Z 12 SEP

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As far as we are aware, National Disaster Warning Centre in Bangkok have not triggered any tower alerts.

If you hear or see anything unusual tonight concerning this incident, please email [email protected] with any photo/video

[griffer]

I notice on CNBC ticker there is a possible tsunami warning issued, I think, by Australia for their NW islands..

[simon43]

Since this earthquake occured only 60km from the Sumatra coast, is there any news as to whether a tsunami has hit that coast? Since Phuket is thousands of km from the epicentre, news that no tsumani has occured 60km away from the epicentre should mean that there will be no problems....

Simon

[petedk]

My girlfriend has just told me that Charn Isara 2 Tower (Petchburi Road) was evacuated as they felt the shake there.

I was on Asoke and felt nothing.

Strange no one else felt anything!

[roamer]

From BBC. Its the "dangerously shallow" part that gives rise to tsunami fears. Glad I was in Langkawi last week and not now.

There were also reports of inhabitants fleeing swaying buildings in the capital Jakarta and in Singapore.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jakarta says this was the most powerful earthquake in Indonesia since the one which caused the Asian tsunami in 2004, and was dangerously shallow.

She says quakes on this scale are rare and memories of 2004 has made the country terrified of a repeat.

Indonesia, part of the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire", is frequently shaken by earth tre

[griffer]

DJ... small tsunami hit Indonesia's Padang..

[LFA]

Please keep us all posted re: latest advice! We are in Laguna, a low lying area of Phuket, and so far there hasn't been any information announced. To make things worse, the mobile network is jammed with too many calls, so hard to find out what's going on.

Thanks Very Much!

Lawrence

[JetsetBkk]

This one was a lot further south than the big one.

[Farma]

CNN quotes a US agency that there are reports of a small tsunami in SW Sumatra

[LivinginKata]

Reports so far indicate just a 2 foot wave being recorded on bouys.

Now Tsunami warnings reported lifted by Fox News.

[colino]

just had this from uk embassey

On 12 September 2007 a magnitude 7.9 earthquake affected Southern Sumatra in Indonesia. A tsunami watch is in effect for Thailand.

[frodo]

Great News!

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

136 AM HST WED SEP 12 2007

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0110 AM HST 12 SEP 2007

COORDINATES - 4.5 SOUTH 101.3 EAST

LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA

MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT

MAGNITUDE - 8.1 RICHTER (MS)

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS

NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A

DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO

TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

From the looks of the statement, there is no destructive pacific-wide tsunami.

[Galong]

On Thai TV right now it showed them evacuating in Ban Nam Kim, north of Khao Lak. they are taking this seriously.

[up-country_sinclair]

in krabi the cops are out telling people to get away from the beaches.

[LivinginKata]

Karon Happy Bars all closed......

[donna]

CNN just said that the warning has been lifted. there is no tsunami expected.

there WAS an after shock, however, of 5.? about an hour afterwards.

i cant blame baan nam khem for evacuating, though, considering what they went through a few years ago.

[Galong]

DJ... small tsunami hit Indonesia's Padang..

I have friends in Padang! Where did you get your info and was there any serious harm done?

[ChiangMaiAmerican]

This from the Associated Press:

"JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A massive earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the town of Padang and warnings for much of the Indian Ocean region, authorities said. The quake caused tall buildings to sway in a least four countries.

A wave of up to nine feet was reported to have hit Padang about 20 minutes after the quake, said Suhardjono, an official with Indonesia's meteorological agency, who goes by only one name.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also reported that a small tsunami hit Padang."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzfwhj9...P4tJVs2atvGjbbA

[ZZZ]

DJ... small tsunami hit Indonesia's Padang..

I have friends in Padang! Where did you get your info and was there any serious harm done?

They measured 1.2FT at Padang according to earlier reports on this thread. 1.2FT is not that much so hopefully not much damage.