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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0034Z 02 APR 2014 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 ... NOTE REVISED MAGNITUDE OF 8.2 A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COLOMBIA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR 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 - 2347Z 01 APR 2014 COORDINATES - 19.8 SOUTH 70.8 WEST DEPTH - 10 KM LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE MAGNITUDE - 8.2 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- MATARANI PE 17.0S 72.1W 0021Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 24MIN ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 0014Z 0.93M / 3.1FT 28MIN PATACHE CL 20.8S 70.2W 0015Z 1.51M / 5.0FT 10MIN IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0005Z 2.11M / 6.9FT 12MIN PISAGUA CL 19.6S 70.2W 0004Z 1.73M / 5.7FT 12MIN 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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ CHILE IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0002Z 02 APR ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0011Z 02 APR ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0017Z 02 APR CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0046Z 02 APR COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0111Z 02 APR VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0135Z 02 APR TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0219Z 02 APR CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0251Z 02 APR GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0403Z 02 APR EASTER_ISLAND 27.1S 250.6E 0532Z 02 APR PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0546Z 02 APR PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0021Z 02 APR SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0039Z 02 APR LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0131Z 02 APR TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0218Z 02 APR CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0225Z 02 APR PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0250Z 02 APR ECUADOR LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0239Z 02 APR ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0327Z 02 APR BALTRA_ISLAND 0.5S 269.7E 0429Z 02 APR COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0346Z 02 APR BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 0417Z 02 APR BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0433Z 02 APR PANAMA PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 0427Z 02 APR PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0429Z 02 APR PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0441Z 02 APR COSTA RICA CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0441Z 02 APR PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 0514Z 02 APR CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 0531Z 02 APR NICARAGUA SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 0557Z 02 APR PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0609Z 02 APR CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0609Z 02 APR EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 0628Z 02 APR BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.