Tsunami warning in south Pacific

BBC News ^ | Oct 7, 2009

[VRWCTexan]

tsunami warning has been issued for 11 nations in the south-west Pacific, including Papua New Guinea, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake off Vanuatu.

[devane617]

Prayers to the people...

[devane617]

Is California next??? If I lived in Cali I would be thinking vacation.

[The Anti-One]

I’m kinda curious. How are the libs blaming Bush for the rash of major earthquakes of late?

[Ol' Sox]

Wow. Prayers up for waves down.

[John W]

The Earthquake List shows 7.8 then a 7.3 then a 6.2. Vanuatu Region.

[Bean Counter]

The Pacific Ring of Fire is active lately...

[Seeking the truth]

Isn’t Vanuatu one of those islands that were supposed to be underwater by now?

[John W]

Now shows just a 7.8 and a 7.1.

[Two Kids' Dad]

I live in Cali and have been wanting for years to take a trip to Vanuatu. Looks like now might not be a good time.

[steveo]

I emailed a friend in Brisbane. She was cleaning out her garage... “Well no self-respecting tsunami would ever come into this mess.” But yeah she’s kind freaked being at near sea level.

[Drill Thrawl]

Very active it seems. Sum-tins commin’

[Rebelbase]

Hope Tuvalu stays safe, there's no where to go if waves hit.

[John W]

MSNBC Story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33215983/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

[LukeL]

I blame the libs, all that oil is lubricating the plates and causing them to move much more often, by pumping it we can slow the movement down.

[Ramius]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2336Z 07 OCT 2009

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

VANUATU / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /
NEW CALEDONIA / FIJI / KIRIBATI / KOSRAE / WALLIS-FUTUNA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / MARSHALL IS. / TOKELAU / KERMADEC IS / POHNPEI /
NEW ZEALAND / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA /
NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / CHUUK / INDONESIA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

WAKE IS. / JARVIS IS. / PALMYRA IS. / GUAM / N. MARIANAS /
JOHNSTON IS. / YAP / MARCUS IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /
FR. POLYNESIA / HAWAII / PHILIPPINES

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 - 2203Z 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.0

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
-————————— -—— ——— -—— -——————— -——
LUGANVILLE, VANUATU 15.5S 167.2E 2312Z 0.04M / 0.2FT 6 MIN

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
———————————————— —————— ——————
VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2231Z 07 OCT
ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2324Z 07 OCT
SOLOMON IS. KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2248Z 07 OCT
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 2328Z 07 OCT
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 2332Z 07 OCT
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 2336Z 07 OCT
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 2336Z 07 OCT
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 2346Z 07 OCT
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 2348Z 07 OCT
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0003Z 08 OCT
PAPUA NEW GUINE KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0005Z 08 OCT
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0007Z 08 OCT
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0033Z 08 OCT
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0059Z 08 OCT
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0107Z 08 OCT
PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0123Z 08 OCT
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0125Z 08 OCT
MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 0145Z 08 OCT
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0208Z 08 OCT
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0229Z 08 OCT
TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 0013Z 08 OCT
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 0015Z 08 OCT
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0037Z 08 OCT
KIRIBATI TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 0037Z 08 OCT
KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 0132Z 08 OCT
CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 0336Z 08 OCT
MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 0344Z 08 OCT
FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 0414Z 08 OCT
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0056Z 08 OCT
WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 0103Z 08 OCT
HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 0112Z 08 OCT
MARSHALL IS. MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0120Z 08 OCT
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0123Z 08 OCT
ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0149Z 08 OCT
TOKELAU NUKUNONU IS. 9.2S 171.8W 0125Z 08 OCT
KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 0129Z 08 OCT
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0129Z 08 OCT
NEW ZEALAND NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0134Z 08 OCT
EAST CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 0216Z 08 OCT
AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 0233Z 08 OCT
GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0249Z 08 OCT
NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0310Z 08 OCT
AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 0314Z 08 OCT
NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 0329Z 08 OCT
MILFORD SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 0335Z 08 OCT
WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 0339Z 08 OCT
WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 0350Z 08 OCT
NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 0418Z 08 OCT
LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 0444Z 08 OCT
BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 0453Z 08 OCT
DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 0519Z 08 OCT
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 0141Z 08 OCT
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 0152Z 08 OCT
TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 0152Z 08 OCT
AUSTRALIA BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0155Z 08 OCT
CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0204Z 08 OCT
SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0228Z 08 OCT
GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0301Z 08 OCT
MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0322Z 08 OCT
HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 0355Z 08 OCT
NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 0211Z 08 OCT
COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA IS. 10.8S 165.9W 0216Z 08 OCT
PENRYN IS. 8.9S 157.8W 0323Z 08 OCT
RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 0325Z 08 OCT
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0217Z 08 OCT
INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0233Z 08 OCT
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0316Z 08 OCT
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0336Z 08 OCT
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0404Z 08 OCT
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0423Z 08 OCT
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0437Z 08 OCT
GEME 4.6N 126.8E 0443Z 08 OCT
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0250Z 08 OCT
JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 0307Z 08 OCT
PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 0313Z 08 OCT
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0320Z 08 OCT
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0323Z 08 OCT
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0325Z 08 OCT
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0330Z 08 OCT
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0342Z 08 OCT
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0344Z 08 OCT
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0425Z 08 OCT
FR. POLYNESIA PAPEETE 17.5S 149.6W 0440Z 08 OCT
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 0450Z 08 OCT
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 0459Z 08 OCT
HILO 19.7N 155.1W 0511Z 08 OCT
PHILIPPINES DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 0458Z 08 OCT

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.

[Rebelbase]

Kiribati is exposed too.

[Rebelbase]

No where to go in the Marshalls

[Rebelbase]

Midway is exposed, but there's not many people there.

[shorty_harris]

My Dad spent a lot of time in this area during WWII.

[Two Kids' Dad]

That whole area is such a beautiful and pristine part of the world. Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, the Marshall Islands, etc. would be paradise if not for the earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis.

If I win the Super Lotto tonight I’ll organize my own personal relief effort to help them out. Pacific Islanders have long had a reputation for being some of the nicest people on earth. The kindness of others should (dare I say “must”?) be extended to them in their time of need.

[Rebelbase]

“AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 0152Z 08 OCT”

Dang, this makes the second one in a week for them.

[Bean Counter]

I live 50 miles directly South of mt. St. Helens, so I tend to pay attention to things geologic. Our volcano has been quiet for almost a year now, but that can change at the drop of a hat, or the shearing of a local fault line...say, Cascadia...

[Rebelbase]

If it hadn’t been for WWII those places would just be footnotes in world geography.

[skeeter]

I’d bet those atolls aren’t in a great deal of danger - tsumanis need gradually shallowing water and coastal topography to build their destructive effects.

[fanfan]

Thanks for those posts, Rebelbase.

Good luck to these people.

[piroque]

Is that morjiro , not to sure on the spelling , ain’t been there in 16 years . spent some time in the Marshall island back in ‘93

[VRWCTexan]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/08/pacific-earthquake-vanuatu-tsunami-warning

7.8 - followed by a 7.3

[Drill Thrawl]

Good Luck.

[Ramius]

NOAA site now shows the Watch as cancelled for Hawaii. I still haven’t seen anything about what happened on Vanuatu.

---

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
219 PM HST WED OCT 07 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH CANCELLATION

THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0219 PM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1203 PM HST 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.8 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
-————————— -—— ——— -—— -——————— -——
VANUATU VU 17.8S 168.3E 2320Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 24MIN
DART CORAL 55012 15.8S 158.5E 2326Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 10MIN
LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 2327Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 20MIN

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

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI
THREAT TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH FOR
HAWAII IS CANCELLED.

HOWEVER... SOME COASTAL AREAS IN HAWAII COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL
NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL CURRENTS
LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS. THE ESTIMATED TIME SUCH EFFECTS
MIGHT BEGIN IS

0650 PM HST WED 07 OCT 2009

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

[Bean Counter]

Actually, we are less at risk from St. Helens here, than Seattle is from Mt. Ranier. If Ranier ever erupts, it will flush the Puget Sound like a giant toilet...some say that would be an enormous improvement...

[shield]

Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

[Ramius]

NOAA site now shows the Watch as cancelled for Hawaii. I still haven’t seen anything about what happened on Vanuatu.

---

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
219 PM HST WED OCT 07 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH CANCELLATION

THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0219 PM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1203 PM HST 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.8 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
-————————— -—— ——— -—— -——————— -——
VANUATU VU 17.8S 168.3E 2320Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 24MIN
DART CORAL 55012 15.8S 158.5E 2326Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 10MIN
LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 2327Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 20MIN

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

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI
THREAT TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH FOR
HAWAII IS CANCELLED.

HOWEVER... SOME COASTAL AREAS IN HAWAII COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL
NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL CURRENTS
LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS. THE ESTIMATED TIME SUCH EFFECTS
MIGHT BEGIN IS

0650 PM HST WED 07 OCT 2009

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

[Ramius]

Whoops. Sorry about that.

[Vinnie]

Just watched a show about the world’s volcanos.

One stop was Vanuatu. Fascinating.

[concentric circles]

Marine pilots of VMF-214, the Black Sheep Squadron, re-fly a mission around Major Boyington, who was later awarded the Medal of Honor.

Marine Corsairs, F4U-1, on Esperitu Santa, March 1944.

[jch10]

Heads up to our friends down under.....stay safe.

[gleeaikin]

Here is a second report on the Vanuatu quakes, if you want for the Catastrophism ping list.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks gleeaikin.

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