EDIS is now posting a Tsunami Warning for AK. Waves in Japan have been noted:
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 09/25/2003 AT 2116 UTC
...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
FROM NIKOLSKI, AK. TO ATTU, AK., INCLUSIVE...
...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
YAKUTAT, AK. TO NIKOLSKI, AK...
...AT THIS TIME, THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY FOR
OTHER AREAS OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA...
EARTHQUAKE DATA:
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE: 8.0
LOCATION: 42.1N 143.6E - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
TIME: 1150 ADT 09/25/2003
1250 PDT 09/25/2003
1950 UTC 09/25/2003
EVALUATION:
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
PACIFIC COAST. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED.
TSUNAMIS MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
OBSERVED TSUNAMI HEIGHTS:
HANASAKI JAPAN 213CM/7.0FT
URAKAWA JAPAN 150CM/4.9FT
$$
PKZ130-122-AKZ191-252216-
COASTAL AREAS FROM NIKOLSKI, AK. TO ATTU, AK., INCLUSIVE.
...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
FROM NIKOLSKI, AK. TO ATTU, AK., INCLUSIVE...
ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL...
SHEMYA, AK 1507 ADT SEP 25 ADAK, AK 1607 ADT SEP 25
$$
PKZ121-123-520-510-320-330-321-310-410-400-220-221-233-232-
230-231-210-211-AKZ185-181-171-145-111-101-121-125-131-135-
022-252216-
COASTAL AREAS FROM YAKUTAT, AK. TO NIKOLSKI, AK.
...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
YAKUTAT, AK. TO NIKOLSKI, AK...
ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL...
DUTCH HARBOR, AK 1717 ADT SEP 25 YAKUTAT, AK 1925 ADT SEP 25
SAND PT., AK 1758 ADT SEP 25 VALDEZ, AK 1935 ADT SEP 25
COLD BAY, AK 1825 ADT SEP 25 CORDOVA, AK 1945 ADT SEP 25
KODIAK, AK 1846 ADT SEP 25 HOMER, AK 2009 ADT SEP 25
SEWARD, AK 1913 ADT SEP 25
$$
PKZ114-113-120-115-PZZ130-131-133-134-132-135-150-153-156-
110-250-210-255-350-353-356-450-455-550-530-535-555-670-
673-650-655-750-AKZ021-024-023-025-026-027-029-028-WAZ001-
002-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-013-014-015-016-021-ORZ001-
002-021-022-CAZ001-002-005-007-006-075-074-009-034-035-039-
040-046-041-042-043-252216-
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO YAKUTAT,
AK.
That went from a watch to a warning, right? Doesn't a warning mean "here it comes"?
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/wmsg TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2104Z 25 SEP 2003
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
........... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ............
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS.
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
TAIWAN / YAP / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / CHUUK / POHNPEI /
BELAU / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / JOHNSTON IS. / NAURU / HAWAII
FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1950Z 25 SEP 2003
COORDINATES - 42.1 NORTH 143.6 EAST
LOCATION - EASTERN HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 8.1
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
LOCATION SIZE
URAKAWA HOKAIDO JAPAN 0.5M
KAMAISHI HONSHU JAPAN 0.5M
SIZE - CURRENT MAXIMUM CREST-TO-MEAN IN METERS
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. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
JAPAN HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.7E 2046Z 25 SEP
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 2235Z 25 SEP
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 2329Z 25 SEP
RUSSIA URUP IS 45.9N 150.2E 2103Z 25 SEP
SEVERO KURILSK 50.5N 156.3E 2206Z 25 SEP
PETROPAVLOVSK-K 53.0N 158.5E 2220Z 25 SEP
MEDNNY IS 54.6N 167.6E 2235Z 25 SEP
UST KAMCHATSK 56.2N 162.5E 2236Z 25 SEP
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS 24.3N 154.0E 2233Z 25 SEP
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 2336Z 25 SEP
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 2353Z 25 SEP
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 2354Z 25 SEP
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0014Z 26 SEP
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0027Z 26 SEP
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0035Z 26 SEP
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0117Z 26 SEP
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0145Z 26 SEP
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0037Z 26 SEP
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0042Z 26 SEP
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0054Z 26 SEP
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0056Z 26 SEP
PHILIPPINES LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 0117Z 26 SEP
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0121Z 26 SEP
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0217Z 26 SEP
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0222Z 26 SEP
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 0301Z 26 SEP
HONOLULU 21.2N 157.8W 0319Z 26 SEP
HILO 19.8N 155.0W 0336Z 26 SEP
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 BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.