7.0 Quake south of Jakarta - Tsunami Watch in Effect
Posted by JAC on 9/2/2009, 6:41 am

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WEIO40 RJTD 020815
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA)
ISSUED AT 0815 02 SEP 2009 (UTC)

... A LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

1.EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
ORIGIN TIME : 0755 02 SEP 2009 (UTC)
COORDINATES : 8.0 SOUTH 107.4 EAST
LOCATION    : JAWA, INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE   : 7.1

2.EVALUATION
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

3.ESTIMATED TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIME
ONE HOUR OR LESS
 INDONESIA:
   INDIAN OCEAN COAST OF SUMATRA
   INDIAN OCEAN COAST OF JAWA

*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.

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RECIPIENTS ARE INVITED TO CHECK THE MARCH 2005 ISSUE OF THE WORLD
WEATHER WATCH OPERATIONAL NEWSLETTER FOR THE OBJECTIVES OF TWI.
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