RE: [californiadisasters] Message from Pacific Tsunami Warning Center NOAA

 

 

Additional info (this warning does not include the west coast or Hawaii at this time—but if you are rim the Pacific basin, always good to keep an eye on it as these things can expand if information changes…)

 

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0149Z 06 FEB 2013

 

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

 

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

 

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

 

SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /

NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA /

MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU

 

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

 

SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /

TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /

WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /

PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /

BELAU / MIDWAY ISLAND

 

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR

INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

 

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

 

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 

ORIGIN TIME -  0112Z 06 FEB 2013

COORDINATES -  10.9 SOUTH  165.1 EAST

DEPTH       -   33 KM

LOCATION    -  SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

MAGNITUDE   -  8.0

 

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 

GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER

-------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----

LATA WHARF SB        10.7S 165.8E  0129Z   0.91M /  3.0FT  18MIN

 

LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

        IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

        VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

 

EVALUATION

 

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE

BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND

COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS

CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

 

FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS

AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT

OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME

THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL

CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE

ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

 

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

 

LOCATION         FORECAST POINT     COORDINATES     ARRIVAL TIME

--------------------------------    ------------    ------------

SOLOMON ISLANDS  KIRAKIRA           10.4S 161.9E    0145Z 06 FEB

                  AUKI                8.8S 160.6E    0216Z 06 FEB

                  HONIARA             9.3S 160.0E    0222Z 06 FEB

                  GHATERE             7.8S 159.2E    0227Z 06 FEB

                  MUNDA               8.4S 157.2E    0233Z 06 FEB

                  PANGGOE             6.9S 157.2E    0245Z 06 FEB

                  FALAMAE             7.4S 155.6E    0253Z 06 FEB

VANUATU          ESPERITU_SANTO     15.1S 167.3E    0158Z 06 FEB

                  ANATOM_ISLAND      20.2S 169.9E    0254Z 06 FEB

NAURU            NAURU               0.5S 166.9E    0300Z 06 FEB

PAPUA NEW GUINE  KIETA               6.1S 155.6E    0304Z 06 FEB

                  AMUN                6.0S 154.7E    0306Z 06 FEB

                  RABAUL              4.2S 152.3E    0330Z 06 FEB

                  LAE                 6.8S 147.0E    0402Z 06 FEB

                  KAVIENG             2.5S 150.7E    0406Z 06 FEB

                  PORT_MORESBY        9.3S 146.9E    0426Z 06 FEB

                  MADANG              5.2S 145.8E    0428Z 06 FEB

                  MANUS_ISLAND        2.0S 147.5E    0445Z 06 FEB

                  WEWAK               3.5S 143.6E    0509Z 06 FEB

                  VANIMO              2.6S 141.3E    0530Z 06 FEB

TUVALU           FUNAFUTI_ISLAND     7.9S 178.5E    0322Z 06 FEB

NEW CALEDONIA    NOUMEA             22.3S 166.5E    0339Z 06 FEB

KOSRAE           KOSRAE_ISLAND       5.5N 163.0E    0354Z 06 FEB

FIJI             SUVA               18.1S 178.4E    0405Z 06 FEB

KIRIBATI         TARAWA_ISLAND       1.5N 173.0E    0406Z 06 FEB

                  KANTON_ISLAND       2.8S 188.3E    0446Z 06 FEB

                  CHRISTMAS_ISLAN     2.0N 202.5E    0650Z 06 FEB

                  MALDEN_ISLAND       3.9S 205.1E    0700Z 06 FEB

                  FLINT_ISLAND       11.4S 208.2E    0732Z 06 FEB

WALLIS AND FUTU  FUTUNA_ISLAND      14.3S 181.8E    0414Z 06 FEB

                  WALLIS_ISLAND      13.3S 183.8E    0422Z 06 FEB

MARSHALL ISLAND  KWAJALEIN           8.7N 167.7E    0420Z 06 FEB

                  MAJURO              7.1N 171.4E    0424Z 06 FEB

                  ENIWETOK           11.4N 162.3E    0457Z 06 FEB

HOWLAND AND BAK  HOWLAND_ISLAND      0.6N 183.4E    0424Z 06 FEB

POHNPEI          POHNPEI_ISLAND      7.0N 158.2E    0438Z 06 FEB

TOKELAU          NUKUNONU_ISLAND     9.2S 188.2E    0440Z 06 FEB

SAMOA            APIA               13.8S 188.2E    0458Z 06 FEB

KERMADEC ISLAND  RAOUL_ISLAND       29.2S 182.1E    0504Z 06 FEB

NEW ZEALAND      NORTH_CAPE         34.4S 173.3E    0505Z 06 FEB

                  AUCKLAND_WEST      37.1S 174.2E    0606Z 06 FEB

                  EAST_CAPE          37.7S 178.5E    0615Z 06 FEB

                  GISBORNE           38.7S 178.0E    0639Z 06 FEB

                  AUCKLAND_EAST      36.7S 175.0E    0647Z 06 FEB

                  NEW_PLYMOUTH       39.1S 174.1E    0651Z 06 FEB

                  WELLINGTON         41.3S 174.8E    0703Z 06 FEB

                  MILFORD_SOUND      44.6S 167.9E    0720Z 06 FEB

                  NAPIER             39.5S 176.9E    0727Z 06 FEB

                  WESTPORT           41.8S 171.6E    0730Z 06 FEB

AMERICAN SAMOA   PAGO_PAGO          14.3S 189.3E    0506Z 06 FEB

TONGA            NUKUALOFA          21.0S 184.8E    0514Z 06 FEB

AUSTRALIA        BRISBANE           27.2S 153.3E    0515Z 06 FEB

                  CAIRNS             16.7S 145.8E    0520Z 06 FEB

                  SYDNEY             33.9S 151.4E    0546Z 06 FEB

                  GLADSTONE          23.8S 151.4E    0625Z 06 FEB

                  HOBART             43.3S 147.6E    0721Z 06 FEB

                  MACKAY             21.1S 149.3E    0741Z 06 FEB

NIUE             NIUE_ISLAND        19.0S 190.0E    0531Z 06 FEB

COOK ISLANDS     PUKAPUKA_ISLAND    10.8S 194.1E    0533Z 06 FEB

                  PENRYN_ISLAND       8.9S 202.2E    0641Z 06 FEB

                  RAROTONGA          21.2S 200.2E    0647Z 06 FEB

INDONESIA        JAYAPURA            2.4S 140.8E    0537Z 06 FEB

                  WARSA               0.6S 135.8E    0622Z 06 FEB

                  MANOKWARI           0.8S 134.2E    0641Z 06 FEB

                  SORONG              0.8S 131.1E    0710Z 06 FEB

                  BEREBERE            2.5N 128.7E    0730Z 06 FEB

                  PATANI              0.4N 128.8E    0739Z 06 FEB

WAKE ISLAND      WAKE_ISLAND        19.3N 166.6E    0547Z 06 FEB

CHUUK            CHUUK_ISLAND        7.4N 151.8E    0555Z 06 FEB

JARVIS ISLAND    JARVIS_ISLAND       0.4S 199.9E    0621Z 06 FEB

GUAM             GUAM               13.4N 144.7E    0622Z 06 FEB

NORTHERN MARIAN  SAIPAN             15.3N 145.8E    0626Z 06 FEB

PALMYRA ISLAND   PALMYRA_ISLAND      6.3N 197.6E    0628Z 06 FEB

YAP              YAP_ISLAND          9.5N 138.1E    0635Z 06 FEB

JOHNSTON ISLAND  JOHNSTON_ISLAND    16.7N 190.5E    0637Z 06 FEB

MINAMITORISHIMA  MINAMITORISHIMA    24.3N 154.0E    0640Z 06 FEB

BELAU            MALAKAL             7.3N 134.5E    0658Z 06 FEB

MIDWAY ISLAND    MIDWAY_ISLAND      28.2N 182.6E    0733Z 06 FEB

 

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE.

 

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

 

Source: http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2013.02.06.0149

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