Tsunami warning for the Pacific basin, dozens of countries
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 3/11/2011, 2:45 am
Messages issued hourly for the tsunami warnings:
http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/

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The initial warning for the widespread warning:



TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0730Z 11 MAR 2011
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. /
TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /
POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /
NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HOWLAND-BAKER /
HAWAII / TUVALU / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / TOKELAU / JARVIS IS. /
WALLIS-FUTUNA / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / COOK ISLANDS / NIUE /
AUSTRALIA / FIJI / NEW CALEDONIA / TONGA / MEXICO /
KERMADEC IS / FR. POLYNESIA / NEW ZEALAND / PITCAIRN /
GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / ANTARCTICA /
PANAMA / HONDURAS / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PERU
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 -  0546Z 11 MAR 2011
COORDINATES -  38.2 NORTH  142.5 EAST
DEPTH       -   10 KM
LOCATION    -  NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU  JAPAN
MAGNITUDE   -  8.8
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
DART 21413           30.5N 152.1E  0659Z   0.76M /  2.5FT  32MIN
HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J  43.3N 145.6E  0657Z   2.79M /  9.2FT  76MIN
DART 21401           42.6N 152.6E  0643Z   0.67M /  2.2FT  40MIN
DART 21418           38.7N 148.7E  0619Z   1.08M /  3.5FT  06MIN
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.
NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
       ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
        MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED
WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND
SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM
ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND
THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.
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
JAPAN            KATSUURA           35.1N 140.3E    0635Z 11 MAR
                 KUSHIRO            42.9N 144.3E    0642Z 11 MAR
                 HACHINOHE          40.5N 141.5E    0700Z 11 MAR
                 SHIMIZU            32.8N 133.0E    0756Z 11 MAR
                 OKINAWA            26.2N 127.8E    0912Z 11 MAR
RUSSIA           URUP_IS            46.1N 150.5E    0714Z 11 MAR
                 SEVERO_KURILSK     50.8N 156.1E    0834Z 11 MAR
                 PETROPAVLOVSK_K    53.2N 159.6E    0836Z 11 MAR
                 UST_KAMCHATSK      56.1N 162.6E    0840Z 11 MAR
                 MEDNNY_IS          54.7N 167.4E    0903Z 11 MAR
MARCUS IS.       MARCUS_IS.         24.3N 154.0E    0757Z 11 MAR
N. MARIANAS      SAIPAN             15.3N 145.8E    0853Z 11 MAR
GUAM             GUAM               13.4N 144.7E    0909Z 11 MAR
WAKE IS.         WAKE_IS.           19.3N 166.6E    0925Z 11 MAR
TAIWAN           HUALIEN            24.0N 121.7E    0932Z 11 MAR
                 HUALIEN            24.0N 121.6E    0933Z 11 MAR
                 TAITUNG            22.7N 121.2E    0936Z 11 MAR
                 CHILUNG            25.2N 121.8E    1004Z 11 MAR
YAP              YAP_IS.             9.5N 138.1E    0944Z 11 MAR
PHILIPPINES      PALANAN            17.1N 122.6E    0955Z 11 MAR
                 LEGASPI            13.2N 123.8E    1026Z 11 MAR
                 DAVAO               6.8N 125.7E    1053Z 11 MAR
MARSHALL IS.     ENIWETOK           11.4N 162.3E    1013Z 11 MAR
                 KWAJALEIN           8.7N 167.7E    1044Z 11 MAR
                 MAJURO              7.1N 171.4E    1124Z 11 MAR
BELAU            MALAKAL             7.3N 134.5E    1025Z 11 MAR
MIDWAY IS.       MIDWAY_IS.         28.2N 182.6E    1026Z 11 MAR
POHNPEI          POHNPEI_IS.         7.0N 158.2E    1027Z 11 MAR
CHUUK            CHUUK_IS.           7.4N 151.8E    1034Z 11 MAR
KOSRAE           KOSRAE_IS.          5.5N 163.0E    1043Z 11 MAR
INDONESIA        GEME                4.6N 126.8E    1049Z 11 MAR
                 BEREBERE            2.5N 128.7E    1058Z 11 MAR
                 WARSA               0.6S 135.8E    1110Z 11 MAR
                 MANOKWARI           0.8S 134.2E    1118Z 11 MAR
                 PATANI              0.4N 128.8E    1124Z 11 MAR
                 JAYAPURA            2.4S 140.8E    1135Z 11 MAR
                 SORONG              0.8S 131.1E    1135Z 11 MAR
PAPUA NEW GUINE  MANUS_IS.           2.0S 147.5E    1124Z 11 MAR
                 KAVIENG             2.5S 150.7E    1124Z 11 MAR
                 VANIMO              2.6S 141.3E    1134Z 11 MAR
                 WEWAK               3.5S 143.6E    1146Z 11 MAR
                 RABAUL              4.2S 152.3E    1154Z 11 MAR
                 KIETA               6.1S 155.6E    1205Z 11 MAR
                 AMUN                6.0S 154.7E    1211Z 11 MAR
                 MADANG              5.2S 145.8E    1215Z 11 MAR
                 LAE                 6.8S 147.0E    1254Z 11 MAR
                 PORT_MORESBY        9.3S 146.9E    1429Z 11 MAR
NAURU            NAURU               0.5S 166.9E    1149Z 11 MAR
JOHNSTON IS.     JOHNSTON_IS.       16.7N 190.5E    1202Z 11 MAR
SOLOMON IS.      PANGGOE             6.9S 157.2E    1221Z 11 MAR
                 FALAMAE             7.4S 155.6E    1222Z 11 MAR
                 MUNDA               8.4S 157.2E    1239Z 11 MAR
                 GHATERE             7.8S 159.2E    1248Z 11 MAR
                 AUKI                8.8S 160.6E    1309Z 11 MAR
                 HONIARA             9.3S 160.0E    1314Z 11 MAR
                 KIRAKIRA           10.4S 161.9E    1318Z 11 MAR
KIRIBATI         TARAWA_IS.          1.5N 173.0E    1228Z 11 MAR
                 KANTON_IS.          2.8S 188.3E    1329Z 11 MAR
                 CHRISTMAS_IS.       2.0N 202.5E    1443Z 11 MAR
                 MALDEN_IS.          3.9S 205.1E    1518Z 11 MAR
                 FLINT_IS.          11.4S 208.2E    1613Z 11 MAR
HOWLAND-BAKER    HOWLAND_IS.         0.6N 183.4E    1243Z 11 MAR
HAWAII           NAWILIWILI         22.0N 200.6E    1259Z 11 MAR
                 HONOLULU           21.3N 202.1E    1313Z 11 MAR
                 KAHULUI            20.9N 203.5E    1320Z 11 MAR
                 HILO               19.7N 204.9E    1339Z 11 MAR
TUVALU           FUNAFUTI_IS.        7.9S 178.5E    1330Z 11 MAR
PALMYRA IS.      PALMYRA_IS.         6.3N 197.6E    1346Z 11 MAR
VANUATU          ESPERITU_SANTO     15.1S 167.3E    1407Z 11 MAR
                 ANATOM_IS.         20.2S 169.9E    1502Z 11 MAR
TOKELAU          NUKUNONU_IS.        9.2S 188.2E    1409Z 11 MAR
JARVIS IS.       JARVIS_IS.          0.4S 199.9E    1427Z 11 MAR
WALLIS-FUTUNA    WALLIS_IS.         13.3S 183.8E    1427Z 11 MAR
                 FUTUNA_I.          14.3S 181.8E    1440Z 11 MAR
SAMOA            APIA               13.8S 188.2E    1445Z 11 MAR
AMERICAN SAMOA   PAGO_PAGO          14.3S 189.3E    1452Z 11 MAR
COOK ISLANDS     PUKAPUKA_IS.       10.8S 194.1E    1452Z 11 MAR
                 PENRYN_IS.          8.9S 202.2E    1525Z 11 MAR
                 RAROTONGA          21.2S 200.2E    1626Z 11 MAR
NIUE             NIUE_IS.           19.0S 190.0E    1526Z 11 MAR
AUSTRALIA        CAIRNS             16.7S 145.8E    1528Z 11 MAR
                 BRISBANE           27.2S 153.3E    1620Z 11 MAR
                 SYDNEY             33.9S 151.4E    1651Z 11 MAR
                 GLADSTONE          23.8S 151.4E    1730Z 11 MAR
                 MACKAY             21.1S 149.3E    1811Z 11 MAR
                 HOBART             43.3S 147.6E    1826Z 11 MAR
FIJI             SUVA               18.1S 178.4E    1528Z 11 MAR
NEW CALEDONIA    NOUMEA             22.3S 166.5E    1531Z 11 MAR
TONGA            NUKUALOFA          21.0S 184.8E    1557Z 11 MAR
MEXICO           ENSENADA           31.8N 243.2E    1644Z 11 MAR
                 PUNTA_ABREOJOS     26.7N 246.4E    1732Z 11 MAR
                 CABO_SAN_LUCAS     22.8N 250.0E    1809Z 11 MAR
                 SOCORRO            18.8N 249.0E    1819Z 11 MAR
                 MAZATLAN           23.2N 253.6E    1858Z 11 MAR
                 MANZANILLO         19.1N 255.7E    1924Z 11 MAR
                 ACAPULCO           16.9N 260.1E    1959Z 11 MAR
                 PUERTO_MADERO      14.8N 267.5E    2134Z 11 MAR
KERMADEC IS      RAOUL_IS.          29.2S 182.1E    1648Z 11 MAR
FR. POLYNESIA    PAPEETE            17.5S 210.4E    1706Z 11 MAR
                 HIVA_OA            10.0S 221.0E    1744Z 11 MAR
                 RIKITEA            23.1S 225.0E    1913Z 11 MAR
NEW ZEALAND      NORTH_CAPE         34.4S 173.3E    1714Z 11 MAR
                 EAST_CAPE          37.7S 178.5E    1814Z 11 MAR
                 AUCKLAND(W)        37.1S 174.2E    1814Z 11 MAR
                 GISBORNE           38.7S 178.0E    1821Z 11 MAR
                 MILFORD_SOUND      44.6S 167.9E    1839Z 11 MAR
                 WELLINGTON         41.3S 174.8E    1845Z 11 MAR
                 AUCKLAND(E)        36.7S 175.0E    1856Z 11 MAR
                 NEW_PLYMOUTH       39.1S 174.1E    1900Z 11 MAR
                 NAPIER             39.5S 176.9E    1908Z 11 MAR
                 WESTPORT           41.8S 171.6E    1929Z 11 MAR
                 DUNEDIN            45.9S 170.5E    2021Z 11 MAR
                 LYTTELTON          43.6S 172.7E    2055Z 11 MAR
                 BLUFF              46.6S 168.3E    2113Z 11 MAR
                 NELSON             41.3S 173.3E    2206Z 11 MAR
PITCAIRN         PITCAIRN_IS.       25.1S 229.9E    2000Z 11 MAR
GUATEMALA        SIPICATE           13.9N 268.8E    2150Z 11 MAR
EL SALVADOR      ACAJUTLA           13.6N 270.2E    2156Z 11 MAR
COSTA RICA       CABO_SAN_ELENA     10.9N 274.0E    2209Z 11 MAR
                 PUERTO_QUEPOS       9.4N 275.8E    2235Z 11 MAR
                 CABO_MATAPALO       8.4N 276.7E    2237Z 11 MAR
NICARAGUA        CORINTO            12.5N 272.8E    2217Z 11 MAR
                 PUERTO_SANDINO     12.2N 273.2E    2223Z 11 MAR
                 SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR    11.2N 274.1E    2233Z 11 MAR
ANTARCTICA       CAPE_ADARE         71.0S 170.0E    2222Z 11 MAR
                 THURSTON_IS.       72.0S 260.0E    0121Z 12 MAR
PANAMA           PUNTA_BURICA        8.0N 277.1E    2248Z 11 MAR
                 PUNTA_MALA          7.5N 280.0E    2334Z 11 MAR
                 PUERTO_PINA         7.4N 282.0E    2344Z 11 MAR
                 BALBOA_HTS.         9.0N 280.4E    0155Z 12 MAR
HONDURAS         AMAPALA            13.2N 272.4E    2253Z 11 MAR
CHILE            EASTER_IS.         27.1S 250.6E    2255Z 11 MAR
                 ARICA              18.5S 289.7E    0244Z 12 MAR
                 IQUIQUE            20.2S 289.9E    0249Z 12 MAR
                 ANTOFAGASTA        23.3S 289.6E    0254Z 12 MAR
                 CALDERA            27.1S 289.2E    0314Z 12 MAR
                 GOLFO_DE_PENAS     47.1S 285.1E    0315Z 12 MAR
                 COQUIMBO           29.9S 288.6E    0323Z 12 MAR
                 VALPARAISO         33.0S 288.4E    0338Z 12 MAR
                 CORRAL             39.8S 286.5E    0352Z 12 MAR
                 TALCAHUANO         36.7S 286.9E    0359Z 12 MAR
                 PUERTO_MONTT       41.5S 287.0E    0552Z 12 MAR
                 PUERTO_WILLIAMS    54.8S 291.8E    0855Z 12 MAR
                 PUNTA_ARENAS       53.2S 289.1E    1700Z 12 MAR
ECUADOR          BALTRA_IS.          0.5S 269.7E    2331Z 11 MAR
                 ESMERELDAS          1.2N 280.2E    0003Z 12 MAR
                 LA_LIBERTAD         2.2S 278.8E    0024Z 12 MAR
COLOMBIA         BAHIA_SOLANO        6.3N 282.6E    2347Z 11 MAR
                 TUMACO              1.8N 281.1E    0012Z 12 MAR
                 BUENAVENTURA        3.8N 282.8E    0030Z 12 MAR
PERU             TALARA              4.6S 278.5E    0033Z 12 MAR
                 PIMENTAL            6.9S 280.0E    0138Z 12 MAR
                 LA_PUNTA           12.1S 282.8E    0139Z 12 MAR
                 CHIMBOTE            9.0S 281.2E    0144Z 12 MAR
                 SAN_JUAN           15.3S 284.8E    0153Z 12 MAR
                 MOLLENDO           17.1S 288.0E    0226Z 12 MAR
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING 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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