IOWave18

About:

• Features:
  • IOWave18 focused on a simulating an earthquake with magnitude of 9.3 at Northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
    
    
  • It was followed by issuing tsunami bulletins to national and regional stakeholders through various modes and evacuation of people in coastal regions.
    
    
  
  
  
• Agencies involved:
  • The Exercise was organized by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, which coordinated the setting up of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS) in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.
    
    
  • In India, IOWave18 was coordinated by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).