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Tsunami Warning Issued For Thai Coastal Provinces Following 8.9-Scale Quake In Indonesia

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meand Silver Member

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Now I am confused.

Is it all clear and over or?

I would simply assume the worst and stay on high ground until maybe 930 pm local time. There have been 10 aftershocks up to this point (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/), the 8.2 being the worst occurred about 2 hours and 15 minutes after the initial 8.6. Just wait it out on high ground.

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I'm no expert, but isn't warning people in the Gulf of Thailand just generating unnecessary panic? They have just been talking about Pak Phanang in Nakhon Sri Thammerat.

If they had 'panicked' in 2004 lives would have been saved.

My mate would rather be on the roof of his hotel (where he is now) under a 'false alarm, than under 3 metres of water floating out to Jakarta !

Nobody can criticise anyone who went through the trauma of 2004 of over-reaction (if that is what it turns out to be) - life is too precious

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hopefully it could be that the longer it draws out the less chance. BUT if you holiday in those areas-OR live, you are gambling more than normal, If I resided in the areas I would be on high ground, as who knows when the next one will be, BBC world has said all still to be on alert, until a time when it is classed as being safer.

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ThaiPBS is interviewing (live at 19:41) Prof. Pennung Warnitchai, seismologist at AIT:

"We strongly advise people to stay at higher ground until 21:30 as situation is not clear due to aftershocks and more waves could arrive, too early to predict right now".

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I'm no expert, but isn't warning people in the Gulf of Thailand just generating unnecessary panic? They have just been talking about Pak Phanang in Nakhon Sri Thammerat.

If they had 'panicked' in 2004 lives would have been saved.

My mate would rather be on the roof of his hotel (where he is now) under a 'false alarm, than under 3 metres of water floating out to Jakarta !

Nobody can criticise anyone who went through the trauma of 2004 of over-reaction (if that is what it turns out to be) - life is too precious

Agree with you 100% I experienced 2004. Today brought back those vivid memories.

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Pacific Tsunami Watch Center cancelled Tsunami Watch for Thailand:

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WEIO21 PHEB 111151

TSUIOX

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 1151Z 11 APR 2012

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

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

... A MAJOR AFTERSHOCK OCCURRED AT 1043Z WITH MAGNITUDE 8.3 ...

... THE WATCH AREA IS NOW REDUCED ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / MALDIVES / UNITED KINGDOM

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 - 0839Z 11 APR 2012

COORDINATES - 2.3 NORTH 93.1 EAST

LOCATION - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

MAGNITUDE - 8.7

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

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

TRINCONMALEE LK 8.6N 81.2E 1116Z 0.04M / 0.1FT 18MIN

COCOS ISLAND AU 12.1S 96.9E 1102Z 0.08M / 0.3FT 18MIN

TELUKDALAM ID 0.6N 97.8E 1045Z 0.19M / 0.6FT 10MIN

SABANG ID 5.8N 95.3E 1010Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 06MIN

MEULABOH ID 4.1N 96.1E 1007Z 1.06M / 3.5FT 12MIN

DART 23401 8.9N 88.5E 0956Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 06MIN

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RT @RichardBarrow: WARNING: A tsunami 3-4 meters high may hit Phuket at 4:48pm & Phang Nga at 5pm - TR @Rawangpai

Bad enough, but pfffffffffffffffffffff Richard Barrow usually well informed?! More like 3 INCHES right now... Hope for the best!
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 006

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 1236Z 11 APR 2012

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR BOTH MAIN SHOCK

AT 0839Z AND AFTERSHOCK AT 1043Z ...

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 - 0839Z 11 APR 2012

COORDINATES - 2.3 NORTH 93.1 EAST

LOCATION - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

MAGNITUDE - 8.7

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

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

KO TAPHAO NOI TH 7.8N 98.4E 1143Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 06MIN

ENGGANO ID 5.3S 102.3E 1104Z 0.12M / 0.4FT 04MIN

TRINCONMALEE LK 8.6N 81.2E 1129Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 16MIN

TELUKDALAM ID 0.6N 97.8E 1044Z 0.22M / 0.7FT 14MIN

COCOS ISLAND AU 12.1S 96.9E 1102Z 0.08M / 0.3FT 18MIN

SABANG ID 5.8N 95.3E 1010Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 06MIN

MEULABOH ID 4.1N 96.1E 1007Z 1.06M / 3.5FT 12MIN

DART 23401 8.9N 88.5E 0956Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 06MIN

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.

NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY

ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL

MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

A SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE.

HOWEVER...SEA LEVEL READINGS NOW INDICATE THAT THE THREAT HAS

DIMINISHED OR IS OVER FOR MOST AREAS. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI

WATCH ISSUED BY THIS CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED.

FOR ANY AFFECTED 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.

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.

http://www.bnonews.com/inbox/?id=544

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Stay alert and in a safe location on higher ground away from the Ocean and Beaches for a while until the Seismic Activity (Major Earthquakes)subsides.

Better to take safety adn have nothing happen than not prepared like in 2004.

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coconutter Explorer Member

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i live 3 minutes from aonang beach you can not hear the tsunami towers ,i felt the earth quake but didnt know about the warning untill my wife an children came home from there shop on the beach,,,the warning system in aonang is ridiculose ,the police in aonang asked my mum to help them to get the phallangs of the beach,,,,i lived here for 12 yrs somethin g has to be done ,,,as the crow flys i only live half a km from the beach an you cant hear the sirens ,,,but i have to say its much better than the last time,,,keeep up the good work thaivisa

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