The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii has issued a Tsunami warning for the Pacific Ocean. The Tsunami wave could be higher than some low lying Pacific Islands.
The warning follows a massive earthquake that has struck 125km off the north-eastern coast of Japan at a depth of 10km. At its epicentre this quake was 1000 times stronger than the recent Christchurch earthquake and is the strongest recorded earthquake in Japan.
The earthquake happened off the Japenese coast near Sendai and is the sixth largest earthquake every recorded anywhere in the world.
The offshore earthquake triggered a Tsunami with waves of seven metres that swept cars, boats, buildings and massive amounts of debris kilometres inland. The tsunami has swept through the Mayagi Prefecture and some reports state that entire towns may have been swept away.
The earthquake itself has caused a major oil refinery fire which is burning out of control.
With Tsunami Warning Sirens shrieking, Police Car Evacuations have already started in the Philippines east coast and Hawaii (the Tsunami is scheduled to strike in around three hours).
The warning also includes North American West coast, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Central and South America.
WEPA40 PHEB 110830 TSUPAC
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0830Z 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 - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST DEPTH - 24 KM LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9
A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1022Z 0.29M / 1.0FT **MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1028Z 1.56M / 5.1FT 80MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN 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 A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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 0642Z 11 MAR KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0648Z 11 MAR HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0701Z 11 MAR SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0804Z 11 MAR OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0920Z 11 MAR RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 0721Z 11 MAR SEVERO_KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0840Z 11 MAR PETROPAVLOVSK_K 53.2N 159.6E 0842Z 11 MAR UST_KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0846Z 11 MAR MEDNNY_IS 54.7N 167.4E 0909Z 11 MAR MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0806Z 11 MAR N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0901Z 11 MAR GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0917Z 11 MAR WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0934Z 11 MAR TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0940Z 11 MAR HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0940Z 11 MAR TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0944Z 11 MAR CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1012Z 11 MAR YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0952Z 11 MAR PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 1002Z 11 MAR LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1033Z 11 MAR DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1100Z 11 MAR MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1021Z 11 MAR KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1053Z 11 MAR MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1132Z 11 MAR BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1032Z 11 MAR MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY_IS. 28.2N 182.6E 1035Z 11 MAR POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1036Z 11 MAR CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1041Z 11 MAR KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1051Z 11 MAR INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1057Z 11 MAR BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1105Z 11 MAR WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1117Z 11 MAR MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1125Z 11 MAR PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1131Z 11 MAR JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1142Z 11 MAR SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1143Z 11 MAR PAPUA NEW GUINE MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1131Z 11 MAR KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1132Z 11 MAR VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1142Z 11 MAR WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1154Z 11 MAR RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1202Z 11 MAR KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1212Z 11 MAR AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1219Z 11 MAR MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1223Z 11 MAR LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1301Z 11 MAR PORT_MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 1437Z 11 MAR NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1157Z 11 MAR JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON_IS. 16.7N 190.5E 1211Z 11 MAR SOLOMON IS. PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1228Z 11 MAR FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1230Z 11 MAR MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1247Z 11 MAR GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1256Z 11 MAR AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 1317Z 11 MAR HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 1322Z 11 MAR KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 1326Z 11 MAR KIRIBATI TARAWA_IS. 1.5N 173.0E 1236Z 11 MAR KANTON_IS. 2.8S 188.3E 1337Z 11 MAR CHRISTMAS_IS. 2.0N 202.5E 1451Z 11 MAR MALDEN_IS. 3.9S 205.1E 1526Z 11 MAR FLINT_IS. 11.4S 208.2E 1621Z 11 MAR HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND_IS. 0.6N 183.4E 1251Z 11 MAR HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 200.6E 1307Z 11 MAR HONOLULU 21.3N 202.1E 1321Z 11 MAR KAHULUI 20.9N 203.5E 1327Z 11 MAR HILO 19.7N 204.9E 1346Z 11 MAR TUVALU FUNAFUTI_IS. 7.9S 178.5E 1338Z 11 MAR PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA_IS. 6.3N 197.6E 1354Z 11 MAR VANUATU ESPERITU_SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 1416Z 11 MAR ANATOM_IS. 20.2S 169.9E 1511Z 11 MAR TOKELAU NUKUNONU_IS. 9.2S 188.2E 1417Z 11 MAR JARVIS IS. JARVIS_IS. 0.4S 199.9E 1435Z 11 MAR WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS_IS. 13.3S 183.8E 1435Z 11 MAR FUTUNA_I. 14.3S 181.8E 1448Z 11 MAR SAMOA APIA 13.8S 188.2E 1453Z 11 MAR AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO_PAGO 14.3S 189.3E 1500Z 11 MAR COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA_IS. 10.8S 194.1E 1500Z 11 MAR PENRYN_IS. 8.9S 202.2E 1533Z 11 MAR RAROTONGA 21.2S 200.2E 1634Z 11 MAR NIUE NIUE_IS. 19.0S 190.0E 1535Z 11 MAR AUSTRALIA CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 1535Z 11 MAR BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 1627Z 11 MAR SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 1658Z 11 MAR GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 1737Z 11 MAR MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 1818Z 11 MAR HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 1833Z 11 MAR FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 1537Z 11 MAR NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 1538Z 11 MAR TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 1605Z 11 MAR MEXICO ENSENADA 31.8N 243.2E 1650Z 11 MAR PUNTA_ABREOJOS 26.7N 246.4E 1738Z 11 MAR CABO_SAN_LUCAS 22.8N 250.0E 1815Z 11 MAR SOCORRO 18.8N 249.0E 1825Z 11 MAR MAZATLAN 23.2N 253.6E 1904Z 11 MAR MANZANILLO 19.1N 255.7E 1930Z 11 MAR ACAPULCO 16.9N 260.1E 2005Z 11 MAR PUERTO_MADERO 14.8N 267.5E 2140Z 11 MAR KERMADEC IS RAOUL_IS. 29.2S 182.1E 1656Z 11 MAR FR. POLYNESIA PAPEETE 17.5S 210.4E 1714Z 11 MAR HIVA_OA 10.0S 221.0E 1753Z 11 MAR RIKITEA 23.1S 225.0E 1921Z 11 MAR NEW ZEALAND NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 1723Z 11 MAR EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 1823Z 11 MAR AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 1823Z 11 MAR GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 1829Z 11 MAR MILFORD_SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 1847Z 11 MAR WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 1853Z 11 MAR AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 1905Z 11 MAR NEW_PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 1908Z 11 MAR NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 1917Z 11 MAR WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 1937Z 11 MAR DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 2029Z 11 MAR LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 2103Z 11 MAR BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 2120Z 11 MAR NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 2215Z 11 MAR PITCAIRN PITCAIRN_IS. 25.1S 229.9E 2008Z 11 MAR GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 268.8E 2156Z 11 MAR EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 2202Z 11 MAR COSTA RICA CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 2215Z 11 MAR PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 2241Z 11 MAR CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 2243Z 11 MAR NICARAGUA CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 2223Z 11 MAR PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 2229Z 11 MAR SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 2239Z 11 MAR ANTARCTICA CAPE_ADARE 71.0S 170.0E 2230Z 11 MAR THURSTON_IS. 72.0S 260.0E 0129Z 12 MAR PANAMA PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 2254Z 11 MAR PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 2340Z 11 MAR PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 2350Z 11 MAR BALBOA_HTS. 9.0N 280.4E 0201Z 12 MAR HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 272.4E 2259Z 11 MAR CHILE EASTER_IS. 27.1S 250.6E 2303Z 11 MAR ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0251Z 12 MAR IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0256Z 12 MAR ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0302Z 12 MAR CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0322Z 12 MAR GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0324Z 12 MAR COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0331Z 12 MAR VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0345Z 12 MAR CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0401Z 12 MAR TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0407Z 12 MAR PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0601Z 12 MAR PUERTO_WILLIAMS 54.8S 291.8E 0904Z 12 MAR PUNTA_ARENAS 53.2S 289.1E 1708Z 12 MAR ECUADOR BALTRA_IS. 0.5S 269.7E 2338Z 11 MAR ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0009Z 12 MAR LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0030Z 12 MAR COLOMBIA BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 2353Z 11 MAR TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0018Z 12 MAR BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0036Z 12 MAR PERU TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0041Z 12 MAR PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0145Z 12 MAR LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0146Z 12 MAR CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0152Z 12 MAR SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0200Z 12 MAR MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0233Z 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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