• December 2004: Tsunami exposes the vulnerability of the Indian coastline to Oceanic hazards
  • Early 2005: India starts its own interim tsunami warning center.
  • Interim services succeeded by setting up of ITEWS (Indian Tsunami Early Warning System) in phases.
  • ITEWS acts as one of the Regional Tsunami Advisory service Providers for the Indian Ocean Region.
  • ITEWS also provides tsunami advisories to the Indian Ocean rim countries.
  • October 2007: System became full-fledged 24X7 operational early warning system.
  • It is capable of issuing Tsunami bulletins in less than 10 minutes of quake. Are warning systems that important? >Read more
  • September 2014: Tsunami warning centre begins drill. >Read more
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