Tsunami warnings are broadcast on local radio and television stations and on NOAA Weather Radio, which is the prime alerting and critical information delivery systems of the NWS.
These are too small to trigger
tsunami,' an official at National Multi Hazard and Early Warning Centre at Public Authority for Civil Aviation, said.
The
tsunami, believed to be due to a massive undersea landslide, killed 2,256 people.
The center later said: "
Tsunami waves are forecast to be less than 0.3 metres above the tide level for the coasts of Indonesia, Palau and the Philippines."
No earthquake was recorded and no
tsunami warning was issued, said Rahmat Triyono, earthquake and
tsunami chief at Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.
Zahid Rafi said it is pertinent to inform that National Seismic Monitoring and
Tsunami Early Warning Centre set up by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in Karachi with the assistance of UNESCO was running round the clock and efficiently performing Seismic monitoring.
In 2018, World
Tsunami Awareness Day will align with the International Day for Disaster Reduction and the "Sendai Seven Campaign" and will focus on Target "C" of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction which aims at reducing direct disaster economic loss in relation to GDP.
If an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or above occurs in the trench, which lies just 100 km off the shores of Taiwan, the
tsunami produced would only take 15 minutes to reach the island.
'We see this exercise as an essential element in the routine maintenance of the Indian Ocean
Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System,' said chief meteorologist Muhammad Hanif, adding that the goal was to ensure timely and effective notification of
tsunamis, educate communities at risk about safety preparedness and improve coordination.
He said the Malay
tsunami in rural areas and Felda regions were already taking place and called for all races to unite together in the upcoming general polls for the Malaysian
tsunami to take over and bring change to the current 'kleptocratic state and rogue democracy'.