Meeting of the Expert Teams for the Development of a Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment for the Makran Region
Meeting
02 - 04 December 2019
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
"Ocean Valley", Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO)
Hyderabad 500 090
Telangana
India
Organizer & Staff
Participation
By invitation only.
The Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) off the coast of Iran and Pakistan is still poorly understood. Several decades after the 1945 tsunami caused hundreds of confirmed fatalities in the North West Indian Ocean (NWIO) region, there are still open questions about whether the Makran Subduction Zone is able to generate such large tsunamis in the future. In the worst case, tsunami waves generated by a Makran source could reach shores of India, Iran, Pakistan, Oman and other adjoining countries within a few tens of minutes with height of several metres, posing enormous challenges to existing tsunami warning systems. To address these gaps, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is implementing a multi-national project aimed at “Strengthening tsunami early warning in the North West Indian Ocean region through regional cooperation”. Funded by the United Nations ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness, the project will enable better understanding of Makran tsunami hazard and enhance preparedness of countries in the region to respond to a near-field tsunami threat. INCOIS is one of the implementing partners in this important project. At the project kick-off meetings held in Muscat during 01 – 06 September 2019, all experts agreed on the immediate need to strengthen national coordination mechanisms for tsunami early warning; revise early warning chains and standard operating procedures of National Tsunami Warning Centres, Disaster Management Offices and Media; and develop a regional seismicity model and Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) for the Makran region. A time-bound plan to implement these activities through a series of national and regional workshops and expert consultations to be held in India, Iran, Pakistan and Oman has also been finalised. INCOIS has kindly agreed to host the first meeting of the PTHA expert team in Hyderabad.
[View an annotated printable version of this agenda]
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Expert Teams for the Develoment of PTHA for Makran Region, Meeting Report, Hyderabad, Dec19 | 29/04/2020 |
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Concept Note & Provisional Agenda - PTHA Expert Meeting, Hyderabad, Dec 2019 | 08/11/2019 |
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Information Note for Participants - PTHA Expert Meeting, Hyderabad, Dec 2019 | 08/11/2019 |
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[View a printable participants list]
Name | Country |
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CHODAVARAPU Patanjali Kumar | India |
BABEYKO Andrey | Germany |
ELURI Pattabhi Rama Rao | India |
MANNEELA Vijaya Sunanda | India |
BANDELA Ajay Kumar | India |
CHOPRA Sumer | India |
AKBARPOUR JANNAT Mahmood Reza | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
MOKHTARI Mohammad | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
GOMAA ABDULLAH Ahmed Deif | Oman |
OKAL Emile | United States of America |
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TUMMALA Srinivasa Kumar | India |
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PUDIPEDDI Murty | India |
RANGANALLI Mahendra | India |
SAIKIA Dipankar | India |
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 14
Confirmed: 14
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0