India participates in massive multi-national Tsunami drill to evacuate 40,000 people
An NDTV report said a monster earthquake of 9.2 magnitude was simulated on Wednesday morning south of Sumatra in Indonesia for the two-day tsunami drill.
A tsunami triggered by an earthquake that big will hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the whole of India's east coast, including Chennai.
The time that a tsunami emerging from the Indonesian region takes to hit India is three hours- the time frame fixed for evacuation.
The drill in 10 states and union territories will continue for more than 15 hours.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Earth Sciences, The National Disaster Management Authority and the local district administrations of coastal districts are participating in it.
The report said bulletins and warnings will be issued to people in coastal villages.
Active evacuation has been conducted in Anadaman and Nicobar islands.
Tomorrow, an earthquake of 9 magnitude will be simulated in the Makran Trench, south of Iran and Pakistan.
India's west coast, including Mumbai, will be in the path of a tsunami caused by such an earthquake.
The earthquakes are being recorded by the high-tech Indian Tsunami Early Warning Center in Hyderabad and within 10 minutes, the government has to issue its first advisory.
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