Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) conducted a second tsunami mock exercise, this time on the west coast of India including the Lakshwadeep Islands, by simulating an earthquake of an magnitude of 9 off the Makran Trench off the Iran coast on the Arabian Sea at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Tsunami wave heights of around 0.5 - 2.2 metres height were simulated from the numerical model with care taken not to inadvertently alarm the public during the mock exercise. About 15 ‘test’ bulletins were issued till 11.30 p.m. by the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) located at INCOIS here through email, fax, sms and on the official website.
Disaster management agencies in the states and union territories located on the west coast participated in the exercise in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs, Navy, Coast Guard, and others.
