A huge Tsunami drill, with 23 nations, which is being coordinated by UNESCO, has begun on Wednesday morning on the Indian Ocean, which will stimulate life-threatening tsunamis rushing through the Indian Ocean.

As most of the coastal area is under danger, mock drill helps in keeping the well-oiled to handle real emergencies.

With a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in the south of Sumatra, the first drill was conducted at 8.30 am. Reports said that A tsunami, which will be triggered by a quake in the area will hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and whole of East Coast including, Chennai.

The Tsunami Early Warning Center in Hyderabad will be recording the seismic events and within 10 minutes, the center will issue its first advisory.

According to the reports, the quake of 9 magnitude will occur in the Makran Trench, south of Iran and Pakistan and in the resulting Tsunami, India’s west coast, including Mumbai, would be at risk.

The Tsunami warning center, which was established by India in 2007 for Rs. 85 crore and uses networked satellites and special buoys placed in the deep ocean to issue early warnings, had issued 8 Tsunami advisories and its chief SC Shenoi said, “No false warning have been issued till date.”

The mock drill, which will last for 15 hours, will not take place at India’s Nuclear Plants in Kalpakkam, Kundakulam and Tarapur.

Since the first warning have been issued, around 40,000 people are being evacuated. The tsunami which will emerge from Indonesia region usually takes around 3 hours to hit India, hence, reports said that there will be adequate time to evacuate the people.

By Prajakt K.