Taken together, these new resources networked through the IOTWS represent a major improvement in regional preparedness (Figure III-3). Established in 1968, this system has remained a “gold standard” in early warning, and today can issue tsunami warnings in only seven minutes.20 Since 2011, the service providers of the IOTWS have also reached a high degree of sophistication, and normally issue the first tsunami bulletins within 10-15 minutes of a tsunamigenic earthquake. One is the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC) which covers storms emerging from the Western Pacific.