Possible Local Tsunami
Posted by JAC on 5/10/2011, 5:41 am




WEPA40 RJTD 230435
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
  ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)
  ISSUED AT 0435Z 23 APR 2011
HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME:0417Z 23 APR 2011
PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT10.4SOUTH LON161.4EAST
BOUGAINVILLE - SOLOMON ISLANDS REGION
BISMARCK AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAG:6.9
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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