Possible Local Tsunami Threat
Posted by JAC on 4/11/2010, 6:48 am


WEPA40 RJTD 111006
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
  ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)
  ISSUED AT 1005Z 11 APR 2010
HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME:0941Z 11 APR 2010
PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT11.0SOUTH LON161.1EAST
BOUGAINVILLE - SOLOMON ISLANDS REGION
BISMARCK AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAG:7.0(MW)
BY PTWC

EVALUATION
THERE IS A VERY SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI

ESTIMATION AT THE FORECAST POINTS - NO TSUNAMIS WITH AMPLITUDE
OF 0.5 METER OR OVER ARE EXPECTED AT ANY OF THEM
                                                                   
         
HOWEVER AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER
TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION
AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE
OR THERE ARE REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
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