TSUNAMI EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM USING GEO-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF INDIA

The Makran coast is extremely vulnerable to tsunamis and earthquakes due to the presence of three very active tectonic plates namely, the Arabian, Eurasian and Indian plates. On 28 November 1945 at 21:56 UTC, a massive Makran earthquake generated a destructive tsunami in the Northern Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. The tsunami was responsible for loss of life and great destruction along the coasts of Pakistan, Iran, India and Oman. In this paper tsunami early response system created using classification of tsunami susceptibility along the western coast of India. Based on the coastal topographical features of selected part of the western India, we have prepared regions susceptible to flooding in case of a mega-tsunami. Geo-information techniques have proven their usefulness for the purposes of early warning and emergency response