Posted on 03/29/2015 5:22:52 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Event Time
2015-03-29 23:48:34 (UTC) 2015-03-29 19:48:34 (UTC-04:00) in your timezone Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
54km (34mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 282km (175mi) ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 309km (192mi) SE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea 367km (228mi) WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 789km (490mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS ---------------------------------
* MAGNITUDE 7.6 * ORIGIN TIME 2349 UTC MAR 29 2015 * COORDINATES 4.7 SOUTH 152.7 EAST * DEPTH 33 KM / 20 MILES * LOCATION NEW IRELAND REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EVALUATION ----------
* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED IN THE NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 2349 UTC ON SUNDAY MARCH 29 2015.
* BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 1000 KM OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED ---------------------------------
* HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 1000 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF
PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS -------------------
* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.
* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL --------------------------
* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES WITH AN ETA WITHIN THE NEXT SIX HOURS. 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 WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------ RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 2359 03/29 AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 0023 03/30 FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 0028 03/30 WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 0031 03/30 ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.3E 0034 03/30 KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 0040 03/30 KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 0053 03/30 PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 0054 03/30 LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 0054 03/30 MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 0059 03/30 MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 0118 03/30 GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 0126 03/30 MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 0127 03/30 HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.3S 160.0E 0129 03/30 KIRAKIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.4S 161.9E 0148 03/30 AUKI SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.8S 160.6E 0149 03/30 WEWAK PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3.5S 143.6E 0205 03/30 SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 0222 03/30 VANIMO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.6S 141.3E 0226 03/30 CHUUK ISLAND CHUUK 7.4N 151.8E 0227 03/30 POHNPEI ISLAND POHNPEI 7.0N 158.2E 0227 03/30 JAYAPURA INDONESIA 2.4S 140.8E 0229 03/30 PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 0236 03/30 ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 0237 03/30 NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0241 03/30 KOSRAE ISLAND KOSRAE 5.5N 163.0E 0242 03/30 GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0315 03/30 WARSA INDONESIA 0.6S 135.8E 0316 03/30 SAIPAN NORTHERN MARIANA 15.3N 145.8E 0320 03/30 CAIRNS AUSTRALIA 16.7S 145.8E 0325 03/30 ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 0328 03/30 YAP ISLAND YAP 9.5N 138.1E 0328 03/30 KWAJALEIN MARSHALL ISLANDS 8.7N 167.7E 0331 03/30 ENIWETOK MARSHALL ISLANDS 11.4N 162.3E 0332 03/30 MANOKWARI INDONESIA 0.8S 134.2E 0335 03/30 NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 22.3S 166.5E 0344 03/30 MAJURO MARSHALL ISLANDS 7.1N 171.4E 0347 03/30 FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 0402 03/30 SORONG INDONESIA 0.8S 131.1E 0405 03/30 MALAKAL PALAU 7.3N 134.5E 0407 03/30 MINAMITORISHIMA MINAMITORISHIMA 24.3N 154.0E 0417 03/30 WAKE ISLAND WAKE ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 0419 03/30 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 27.2S 153.3E 0421 03/30 BEREBERE INDONESIA 2.5N 128.7E 0425 03/30 TARAWA ISLAND KIRIBATI 1.5N 173.0E 0426 03/30 PATANI INDONESIA 0.4N 128.8E 0439 03/30 GEME INDONESIA 4.6N 126.8E 0447 03/30 CHICHI JIMA JAPAN 27.0N 142.3E 0454 03/30 FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 0455 03/30 DAVAO PHILIPPINES 6.8N 125.7E 0458 03/30 HOWLAND ISLAND HOWLAND AND BAKE 0.6N 176.6W 0500 03/30 WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.3S 176.3W 0503 03/30 TABUKAN TENGAH INDONESIA 3.6N 125.6E 0503 03/30 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 33.9S 151.4E 0503 03/30 SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 0504 03/30 NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 0521 03/30 KANTON ISLAND KIRIBATI 2.8S 171.7W 0525 03/30 RAOUL ISLAND KERMADEC ISLANDS 29.2S 177.9W 0534 03/30 LEGASPI PHILIPPINES 13.2N 123.8E 0534 03/30 APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 0538 03/30 NORTH CAPE NEW ZEALAND 34.4S 173.3E 0541 03/30 GLADSTONE AUSTRALIA 23.8S 151.4E 0541 03/30 KATSUURA JAPAN 35.1N 140.3E 0546 03/30 PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 0547 03/30 HACHIJO JIMA JAPAN 33.1N 139.8E 0547 03/30 PALANAN PHILIPPINES 17.1N 122.6E 0548 03/30 NUKUALOFA TONGA 21.0S 175.2W 0553 03/30
Ruh, roh. Prayers for those in peril
3 Buoys already in “Event Mode”.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Scooped CNN. Good job.
Prayers. Get up to the highest ground!
Yes it appears the initial quake was almost 45 minutes ago now.
Bump
http://ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2015.03.30.0025
Predicts a wave of 1 to 3 meters in New Guinea.
Sounds like a Marine WWII island hopping campaign.
Vanautu was on Jeopardy last week as an island that is experiencing seismic/volcanic activity.
Northern Australia is going to be hit.
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
0024 UTC MON MAR 30 2015
...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS
MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
* MAGNITUDE 7.6
* ORIGIN TIME 2349 UTC MAR 29 2015
* COORDINATES 4.7 SOUTH 152.7 EAST
* DEPTH 33 KM / 20 MILES
* LOCATION NEW IRELAND REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EVALUATION
* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED IN
THE NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 2349 UTC ON SUNDAY
MARCH 29 2015.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 1 TO 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF
AUSTRALIA... JAPAN... PHILIPPINES... NEW CALEDONIA...
NORTHERN MARIANAS... GUAM... PALAU... YAP... POHNPEI... CHUUK...
KOSRAE... MARSHALL ISLANDS... FIJI... SAMOA... AMERICAN SAMOA...
COOK ISLANDS... TOKELAU... VANUATU... KIRIBATI... NAURU... WAKE
ISLAND... JOHNSTON ISLAND... HOWLAND AND BAKER... TONGA...
TUVALU... WALLIS AND FUTUNA... SOLOMON ISLANDS... INDONESIA...
AND NW HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
WILL LIKELY BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.
* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED AS NECESSARY
IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL
POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION...
PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.
* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITHIN A REGION WITH FORECAST TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES OF
0.3 METERS AND GREATER 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 WAVES CAN BE
FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS
CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR
MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.
* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO
THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION
OF THE SHORELINE.
* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT
THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.
* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE
CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS.
99 times out of 100, these tsunami warnings come to nothing.
True, but that 1 is usually a doozy!
If there is already a high tide, nine more feet would be disaster.
Global warming; Bush’s fault,
“99 times out of 100, these tsunami warnings come to nothing”
It’s that 1 out of 100 times, where 100’s of thousands die horribly, that get your attention.
Do we have an approximate time the tsumai might appear?
Looks like roughly halfway between high and low tide.
http://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Port-Moresby-Papua-New-Guinea/tides/latest
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