The expert team spent three days in each of the two countries to assess their capability and requirements in establishing an effective and durable national tsunami warning and mitigation system , as part of the tsunami warning system for the indian ocean 专家组在缅巴各用了三天时间去评估这两个国家在建立一个有效和持久的国家海啸警报及减灾系统的能力和需要，这些国家海啸警报系统将成为印度洋海啸警报系统的一部份。
The expert team spent three days in each of the two countries to assess their capability and requirements in establishing an effective and durable national tsunami warning and mitigation system , as part of the tsunami warning system for the indian ocean 专家组在缅、巴各用了三天时间去评估这两个国家在建立一个有效和持久的国家海啸警报及减灾系统的能力和需要，这些国家海啸警报系统将成为印度洋海啸警报系统的一部份。
The southwest coast of sumatra , indonesia , was rocked by an 8 . 4 magnitude earthquake on wednesday night , and a 7 . 8 - magnitude tremor thursday morning . the quakes , centered near the coastal cities of bengkulu and padang , prompted tsunami warnings , and sent thousands of people fleeing from their homes in fear 印尼苏门答腊岛西南岸周三晚上发生规模8 . 4的地震，周四早上再度发生规模7 . 8的地震，地震震央接近明古鲁市及巴东市外海附近，也发布海啸警报。
In most of these countries , the national meteorological service is the designated authority for issuing tsunami warnings . the world meteorological organization is actively assisting those national meteorological services in need to build up their capacity in exchanging tsunami related information internationally and to disseminate warnings within their countries in a timely and effective manner 在很多国家，发出海啸警报是气象部门的责任，世界气象组织正积极协助有需要的国家气象部门去建立他们在国际间交换海啸信息及在国内及时和有效地发放海啸警报的能力。
In most of these countries , the national meteorological service is the designated authority for issuing tsunami warnings . the world meteorological organization is actively assisting those national meteorological services in need to build up their capacity in exchanging tsunami related information internationally and to disseminate warnings within their countries in a timely and effective manner 在很多国家，发出海啸警报是气象部门的责任，世界气象组织正积极协助有需要的国家气象部门去建立他们在国际间交换海啸信息及在国内及时和有效地发放海啸警报的能力。
On receipt of this and similar information from other seismograph stations in different countries , ptwc would determine the location , depth and magnitude of the earthquake and assess the likelihood of a tsunami . it would send a message to participating countries and territories on details of any tsunami forecast including the expected arrival time and amplitude of the tsunami at different locations around the pacific 太平洋海啸警报中心收到各国地震站的地震资料后，会计算地震震中位置、深度和地震强度并且评估发生海啸的可能性，并向参与的国家及地区发送详细海啸预测资料，包括预期海啸到达太平洋沿岸各地区的时间及海啸高度等。
Mr lam also doubted the effectiveness of any tsunami warning system without a long - term public education programme to raise awareness of the scale of damage such natural disasters could bring and on understanding the natural phenomena related to these natural disasters 他指出，如果平常没有长期的教育推广工作，海啸警报是没有人会相信的，更难令人民有动机去采取自我保护的措施。证明防灾减灾关键在事前的教育推广，重点在提高人民的灾难意识和对有关天然现象的理解。
