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Regional Tsunami Alert issued for Asia

By John Le Fevre

A regional tsunami alert has been issued for India, Burma, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangledesh by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 this morning off the coast of India.

The quake occurred in the Indian Ocean near the Andaman Islands at 19:55 UTC at a depth of 33.1km (20.6 miles) 365 km (225 miles) southwest of Pathein (Bassein), Burma and 825 km (510 miles) west of Bangkok, Thailand.

The center said it did not know whether a tsunami had been generated as a result of the quake, but warned that quakes of this magnitude have the potential to generate a destructive local tsunami and occasionally a destructive regional tsunami.

The center also warned that the initial wave may not be the largest and that successive waves can be between five minutes to one hour later.

The following initial wave arrival times was issued by the center. All times are in UTC. Thailand is plus seven hours ahead of UTC.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT ARRIVAL TIME

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INDIA

NORTH ANDAMAN 2021Z 10 AUG

LITTLE ANDAMAN 2053Z 10 AUG

PORT BLAIR 2121Z 10 AUG

GREAT NICOBAR 2136Z 10 AUG

KAKINADA 2205Z 10 AUG

BALESHWAR 2231Z 10 AUG

MYANMAR

PYINKAYAING 2047Z 10 AUG

CHEDUBA ISLAND 2100Z 10 AUG

SITTWE 2135Z 10 AUG

MERGUI 2243Z 10 AUG

YANGON 2321Z 10 AUG

INDONESIA

BANDA ACEH 2204Z 10 AUG

THAILAND

PHUKET 2244Z 10 AUG

KO PHRA THONG 2257Z 10 AUG

KO TARUTAO 0012Z 11 AUG

BANGLADESH

CHITTAGONG 2340Z 10 AUG

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-- thaivisa.com August 11, 2009

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LaoPo Star Member

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ETA of any wave to reach Phuket is 5.44am local time

That time has passed now.....any news from the beaches on the west coast of Phuket ?? :)

...did the authorities have time to warn the people...?

LaoPo

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ETA of any wave to reach Phuket is 5.44am local time

That time has passed now.....any news from the beaches on the west coast of Phuket ?? :)

...did the authorities have time to warn the people...?

LaoPo

As far as I am aware, its 5 am in Thailand right now.

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ETA of any wave to reach Phuket is 5.44am local time

That time has passed now.....any news from the beaches on the west coast of Phuket ?? :)

...did the authorities have time to warn the people...?

LaoPo

It's still only 5.03 am here in Thailand.

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Most recent update from Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 2124Z 10 AUG 2009

THIS BULLETIN FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS BULLETIN #2:

NO TSUNAMI HAS YET BEEN OBSERVED

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

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDIA / MYANMAR / INDONESIA / THAILAND / BANGLADESH

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR

INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

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 - 1956Z 10 AUG 2009

COORDINATES - 14.1 NORTH 93.0 EAST

LOCATION - ANDAMAN ISLANDS INDIA REGION

MAGNITUDE - 7.7

EVALUATION

EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A

DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI AND SOMETIMES A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL

TSUNAMI ALONG COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND

KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AREAS FURTHER FROM THE

EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR

UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.

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 THIS

POSSIBILITY. THE WATCH WILL NOT EXPAND TO OTHER AREAS OF THE

INDIAN OCEAN UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED TO WARRANT SUCH

AN EXPANSION.

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

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INDIA NORTH ANDAMAN 13.3N 92.6E 2021Z 10 AUG

LITTLE ANDAMAN 10.7N 92.3E 2053Z 10 AUG

PORT BLAIR 11.9N 92.7E 2121Z 10 AUG

GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 2136Z 10 AUG

KAKINADA 17.2N 82.7E 2205Z 10 AUG

BALESHWAR 21.6N 87.3E 2231Z 10 AUG

MYANMAR PYINKAYAING 15.9N 94.3E 2047Z 10 AUG

CHEDUBA ISLAND 18.9N 93.4E 2100Z 10 AUG

SITTWE 20.0N 92.9E 2135Z 10 AUG

MERGUI 12.8N 98.4E 2243Z 10 AUG

YANGON 16.5N 96.4E 2321Z 10 AUG

INDONESIA BANDA ACEH 5.5N 95.1E 2204Z 10 AUG

THAILAND PHUKET 8.0N 98.2E 2244Z 10 AUG

KO PHRA THONG 9.1N 98.2E 2257Z 10 AUG

KO TARUTAO 6.6N 99.6E 0012Z 11 AUG

BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG 22.7N 91.2E 2340Z 10 AUG

ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI

WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS MORE INFORMATION

BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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.

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Do they normally issue arrival times, I haven't seen this before ? Is it just an estimate at this stage or is there really a detected Tsunami on the way to Phuket ?

Edit - I read the full post rather than just scan it, I see it's just a potential tsunami at this stage.

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Possible tsunami arrival times from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center showed that a tsunami, if generated, could reach the coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India within one to three hours. Indonesia, according to the Reuters news agency, had no reports of a tsunami but said it was monitoring the Aceh area.

The Japan Meteorological Agency and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirmed that a tsunami had been generated. It reportedly had a height of about two feet and struck the coasts in Omaezeki and Yaizu. Smaller tsunamis were also detected at the observation sites in Numazu-shi Uchiura, Shimizu, Shimoda-ko and Yaizu.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has retracted it's initial observation that a tsunami had been generated in the Indian Ocean but maintains an tsunami watch alert for the region.

LaoPo Star Member

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ETA of any wave to reach Phuket is 5.44am local time

That time has passed now.....any news from the beaches on the west coast of Phuket ?? :)

...did the authorities have time to warn the people...?

LaoPo

It's still only 5.03 am here in Thailand.

Sorry, you're right; I misread on my 3 different clocks I have in my pc; I watched the China clock.....sorry

Laopo

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Strong quake jolts Japan, felt in Tokyo

Tuesday August 11, 2009 05:32:20 PM GMT

Reuters News

JAPAN-QUAKE/ (URGENT)

TOKYO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted eastern and central Japan on Tuesday, a government agency said, rattling houses in Tokyo.

The quake, which struck at 0507 a.m. (2007 GMT, Monday), prompted a tsunami warning for waves of up to 50 cm (20 inches) for parts of the Pacific coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on its Website (www.jma.go.jp).

A highway was closed and a Chubu Electric Power nuclear power station at Hamaoka shut two units for safety checks.

The focus of the tremor was 20 km (12 miles) deep under Shizuoka prefecture, around 150 km (90 miles) southwest of Tokyo, the agency said.

Reuters

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Weird that there have been two major quakes in this part of the world within such a short period of time!

Correct me if I'm wrong -

Japan quake - 0307 - Thai time

Andaman quake - 0255 - Thai time

Just twelve minutes separating them!

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has retracted it's initial observation that a tsunami had been generated in the Indian Ocean but maintains an tsunami watch alert for the region.

I hope the withdrawal of their warning is not based on the fact there is no reading from the Thai buoy that is now not active.

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 2211Z 10 AUG 2009

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED ...

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 - 1956Z 10 AUG 2009

COORDINATES - 14.1 NORTH 93.0 EAST

LOCATION - ANDAMAN ISLANDS INDIA REGION

MAGNITUDE - 7.7

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE THAT A SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI WAS NOT

GENERATED. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH ISSUED BY THIS CENTER

IS NOW CANCELLED.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI

WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has retracted it's initial observation that a tsunami had been generated in the Indian Ocean but maintains an tsunami watch alert for the region.

I hope the withdrawal of their warning is not based on the fact there is no reading from the Thai buoy that is now not active.

If it wasn't so funny I might cry.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has retracted it's initial observation that a tsunami had been generated in the Indian Ocean but maintains an tsunami watch alert for the region.

I hope the withdrawal of their warning is not based on the fact there is no reading from the Thai buoy that is now not active.

If it wasn't so funny I might cry.

There is major work and research in the U.S. to create a better system to detect earthquakes...they are spending massive amounts especially in California to create a system for better detection. They seem to be on the right path as they are now putting out beacons that tracks activity alon the san andreas fault. Why is it that it is the U.S. that had to notify thailand about a possible tsunami warning? I know there has been, or was, a movement to set up a bouy system for thailand. Years before that last tsunami that devasted Thailand it was a Thai scientiest that called for the same system and warned of impending disaster and he was laughed out of the government. Why can't they take this issue seriously? It baffles the mind. The first time you hear of a warning shouldn't be from a country half way around the world. Why can't the ASEAN countries get together, pull the resources and get this thing going? I know, I know, TIT.....

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has retracted it's initial observation that a tsunami had been generated in the Indian Ocean but maintains an tsunami watch alert for the region.

I hope the withdrawal of their warning is not based on the fact there is no reading from the Thai buoy that is now not active.

If it wasn't so funny I might cry.

There is major work and research in the U.S. to create a better system to detect earthquakes...they are spending massive amounts especially in California to create a system for better detection. They seem to be on the right path as they are now putting out beacons that tracks activity alon the san andreas fault. Why is it that it is the U.S. that had to notify thailand about a possible tsunami warning? I know there has been, or was, a movement to set up a bouy system for thailand. Years before that last tsunami that devasted Thailand it was a Thai scientiest that called for the same system and warned of impending disaster and he was laughed out of the government. Why can't they take this issue seriously? It baffles the mind. The first time you hear of a warning shouldn't be from a country half way around the world. Why can't the ASEAN countries get together, pull the resources and get this thing going? I know, I know, TIT.....

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I know there has been, or was, a movement to set up a bouy system for thailand.

sorry the battery on the bouy is dead last two months. :)

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FWIW, I felt the quake in my condo in Jomtien. There were two distinct waves of tremors, about two minutes apart. The first was almost exactly 0300h, local time.

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