IO Wave 18


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  • IO Wave is a mock Tsunami exercise in India and 23 other countries.
  • By Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC) of UNESCO.
  • Indian Tsunami Early Warning Center (ITEWC) of INCOIS is also participating in this exercise.
  • Two tsunamis were simulated, one at the Markan Trench, south of Iran and other at Northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • IOC had set up an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning Mitigation System(IOTWMS) in aftermath of 2004 tsunami.