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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1255Z 31 AUG 2012
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
INDONESIA / PHILIPPINES / BELAU / YAP / TAIWAN / JAPAN / GUAM /
N. MARIANAS / PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
CHUUK / MARCUS IS. / KOSRAE / POHNPEI / MARSHALL IS. /
WAKE IS. / SOLOMON IS. / RUSSIA / NAURU
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 - 1248Z 31 AUG 2012
COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH 127.1 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.9
EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.
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
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INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1335Z 31 AUG
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1353Z 31 AUG
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1419Z 31 AUG
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1438Z 31 AUG
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1447Z 31 AUG
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1450Z 31 AUG
JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1538Z 31 AUG
PHILIPPINES LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1338Z 31 AUG
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1340Z 31 AUG
PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 1353Z 31 AUG
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1407Z 31 AUG
YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 1417Z 31 AUG
TAIWAN TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 1441Z 31 AUG
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 1446Z 31 AUG
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 1446Z 31 AUG
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1524Z 31 AUG
JAPAN OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 1502Z 31 AUG
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 1605Z 31 AUG
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 1646Z 31 AUG
KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 1746Z 31 AUG
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 1753Z 31 AUG
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 1517Z 31 AUG
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 1533Z 31 AUG
PAPUA NEW GUINE VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1539Z 31 AUG
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1611Z 31 AUG
MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1637Z 31 AUG
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1656Z 31 AUG
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1700Z 31 AUG
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1734Z 31 AUG
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1753Z 31 AUG
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1806Z 31 AUG
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1810Z 31 AUG
CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1646Z 31 AUG
MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 1649Z 31 AUG
KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1740Z 31 AUG
POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1744Z 31 AUG
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1756Z 31 AUG
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1811Z 31 AUG
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1843Z 31 AUG
WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 1757Z 31 AUG
SOLOMON IS. FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1804Z 31 AUG
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1809Z 31 AUG
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1837Z 31 AUG
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1854Z 31 AUG
RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 1824Z 31 AUG
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1843Z 31 AUG
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
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