Posted on 12/26/2006 5:02:13 AM PST by NY.SS-Bar9
Magnitude 7.2 (Major) # Date-Time Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:26:25 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time # Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 8:26:25 PM = local time at epicenter Location 21.847°N, 120.585°E Depth 45 km (28.0 miles) set by location program Region TAIWAN REGION # Distances 89 km (56 miles) SSE (160°) from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan # 114 km (71 miles) SSW (212°) from T'ai-tung, Taiwan # 135 km (84 miles) SSE (164°) from T'ai-nan, Taiwan # 805 km (500 miles) N (357°) from MANILA, Philippines Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available Parameters Nst=058, Nph=058, Dmin=358.2 km, Rmss=0.77 sec, Gp= 72°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1 # Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS Event ID at00000610
Surfs up?
WEPA43 PAAQ 261243
TIBWCA
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
443 AM PST TUE DEC 26 2006
...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...
NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATES
AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.
EVALUATION
BASED ON MAGNITUDE AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE EARTHQUAKE
WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA/
OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. IN COASTAL AREAS
OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY
UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 7.2
TIME - 0326 AKST DEC 26 2006
0426 PST DEC 26 2006
1226 UTC DEC 26 2006
LOCATION - 21.8 NORTH 120.6 EAST
- TAIWAN REGION
DEPTH - 28 MILES/45 KM
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
$$
Yeah, local TV news here in TX said the same thing - a 3.5 foot tsunami wave expected in the Philippines.
They also called the quake itself a 6.7 on Richter, rather than 7.2 - I wonder why that's exactly the same amount of discrepancy as in that last one.
Is it just me or does it seem like it is a trend to have major earthquakes just after Christmas?
The last big one here was just before Christmas.
No, I think it's a strange coincidence as well. That was the first thought that popped into my head. I hope it turns out to be a non-event. That is one scary part of the world. Typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
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Per FNC: A 6.4 aftershock just occurred.
The world's tallest building is --right now--located on Taiwan.
"ChamorroBible.org: The Great Earthquake and Catastrophic Tsunami of 2004"
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-The-Great-Earthquake-and-Catastrophic-Tsunami-of-2004.htm
No big deal.
some of the loony tuners will have you believe
My adoptive Mom was raised in Samar PI and used to tell me about the typhoons she exp. growing up and when the Japenese came and would shoot the place up.
Bothe incidents meant going way inland for protection.
Anyone know where in PI the tsanami is headed?
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