TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2114Z 24 OCT 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

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

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

 INDONESIA 

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION, THIS MESSAGE IS AN
ADVISORY ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  2103Z 24 OCT 2007
 COORDINATES -   4.1 SOUTH  100.8 EAST 
 LOCATION    -  SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA  INDONESIA
 MAGNITUDE   -  7.0

EVALUATION

 A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON     
 HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.                             
                                                                     
 HOWEVER - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI THAT          
 COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED          
 KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE       
 REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.      
 AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA         
 LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.               

 DUE TO ONLY LIMITED SEA LEVEL DATA FROM THE REGION IT MAY NOT
 BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS CENTER TO RAPIDLY CONFIRM NOR EVALUATE THE
 STRENGTH OF A TSUNAMI IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

 LOCATION                            COORDINATES     ARRIVAL TIME
 --------------------------------    ------------    ------------
 INDONESIA        BENGKULU            3.9S 102.0E    2134Z 24 OCT

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY 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.