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The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) utilises national capacity where available to provide notification and verification of earthquakes that may generate tsunamis.
The major objective of the JATWC is to provide emergency managers with a minimum of 90 minutes warning of a likely tsunami impact on mainland Australia. The centre is a long term investment in Australia's security and has the real potential to save lives and infrastructure.
18 cze 2024 · The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) provides 24 hour tsunami monitoring, assessment and warnings. It examines real-time data from Australian and international seismic stations and, in the event of an oceanic earthquake, determines the likelihood of a tsunami occurring.
25 wrz 2024 · The BoM is part of the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC), which operates 24 hours a day to detect, monitor, verify and warn of any tsunami threats to the coastline of Australia and ...
12 paź 2024 · Tsunamis can arrive with very little warning — sometimes only minutes. If the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) issues a warning, it will be broadcast on ABC TV, radio and online.
8 wrz 2016 · JATWC’s goal is to provide tsunami warnings within 30 minutes of any magnitude 6.5+ undersea earthquake occurring anywhere in the world, providing Australians with at least 90 minutes’ warning of any threat—as well as critical information for Indian Ocean countries, and valuable data for the Pacific Ocean system.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC), jointly operated 24 hours a day by the Bureau and GA detects, monitors, verifies and warns of any tsunami threat to the coastline of Australia and its offshore territories.
