WEME40 LTAA 010950

TSUNAMI EXERCISE MESSAGE NUMBER 003

NEAM KOERI TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 0950Z 01 NOV 2017



THIS ALERT IS ADDRESSED TO ALL COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS SUBSCRIBED TO THE SERVICES OF KOERI TSP IN ITS MONITORING AREA.



... TSUNAMI WATCH ONGOING ...

THIS ALERT APPLIES TO CYPRUS ... ISRAEL ... LEBANON ... SYRIA ... TURKEY



... TSUNAMI ADVISORY ONGOING ...

THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALBANIA ... CROATIA ... EGYPT ... GREECE ... ITALY ... LIBYA ... MALTA ... MONTENEGRO ... PALESTINE ... TUNISIA



THIS MESSAGE 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 - 0900Z 01 NOV 2017

COORDINATES - 36.37 NORTH 36.28 EAST

DEPTH - 10.00 KM

LOCATION - ANTAKYA

MAGNITUDE - 7.4



MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY.



COUNTRY       GAUGE LOCATION      LAT     LON        TIME      AMPL   PER

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

TURKEY        HATAY ISKENDERUN  36.5932 36.1802  0913Z 01 NOV  02.20  40.0

              GAZIMAGUSA        35.1232 33.9495  0938Z 01 NOV  01.50  33.0

TURKEY        MERSIN ERDEMLI    36.5634 34.2550  0945Z 01 NOV  01.00  30.0



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

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

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

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

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

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN METERS (M).

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



EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI WATCH

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS TSUNAMI CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP GREATER THAN 1M. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.



EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI ADVISORY

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS TSUNAMI CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT LESS THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP LESS THAN 1M. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.SUPPLEMENT MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS NEW DATA AND EVALUATION ALLOWS. THE TSUNAMI ALERT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AN END OF ALERT IS BROADCAST.



END OF TSUNAMI EXERCISE MESSAGE NUMBER 003=