Tuesday, April 1, 2014

[Geology2] Fwd: [Tsunami Message - IOC] NWS-NTWC Tsunami Information Statement [1 Attachment]

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WEAK53 PAAQ 020136
TIBAK1

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
636 PM PDT TUE APR 1 2014

UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE INCLUDE NEW OBSERVATIONS.

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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 * A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT
   THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

 * THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS ANALYZING
   THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER.

 * MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

 * THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS GENERATED A LARGE
   TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
 * MAGNITUDE      8.2
 * ORIGIN TIME    1547 AKDT APR 01 2014
                  1647  PDT APR 01 2014
                  2347  UTC APR 01 2014
 * COORDINATES    19.8 SOUTH 70.8 WEST
 * DEPTH          6 MILES
 * LOCATION       NEAR COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED
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                                  TIME             OBSERVED MAX
 SITE                         OF MEASUREMENT       TSUNAMI HEIGHT
 ---------------------------- ---------------      --------------
 PISAGUA  CHILE               0102 UTC  04-02        07.6FT
 IQUIQUE  CHILE               2348 UTC  04-01        05.9FT
 DART32401ST CHILE            0011 UTC  04-02        00.8FT
 PATACHE  CHILE               0006 UTC  04-02        05.6FT
 ARICA  CHILE                 0016 UTC  04-02        04.4FT
 MATARANI  PERU               0020 UTC  04-02        01.8FT
 ANTOFAGASTA  CHILE           0027 UTC  04-02        00.9FT
 MEJILLONES  CHILE            0038 UTC  04-02        02.0FT

 HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE
          TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT.


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------
 * MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE
   PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT.

 * REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR
   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

 * PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...
   WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE
   PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.





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