TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0644Z 13 JAN 2007
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS. / WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. /
N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI /
CHUUK
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU / JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII /
INDONESIA / KIRIBATI / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / PALMYRA IS. / SOLOMON IS. / TUVALU / VIETNAM /
JARVIS IS.
FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0423Z 13 JAN 2007
COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
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HANASAKI HOKKAIDO 43.3N 145.6E 0605Z 0.10M 28MIN
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT
AMPL - AMPLITUDE IN METERS FROM MIDDLE TO CREST OR MIDDLE
TO TROUGH OR HALF OF THE CREST TO TROUGH
PER - PERIOD OF TIME FROM ONE WAVE CREST 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. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
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RUSSIA URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0456Z 13 JAN
PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0540Z 13 JAN
MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0551Z 13 JAN
UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0551Z 13 JAN
SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0552Z 13 JAN
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0539Z 13 JAN
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0613Z 13 JAN
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0627Z 13 JAN
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0746Z 13 JAN
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0847Z 13 JAN
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0717Z 13 JAN
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0813Z 13 JAN
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0817Z 13 JAN
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0839Z 13 JAN
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0902Z 13 JAN
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0912Z 13 JAN
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0944Z 13 JAN
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1001Z 13 JAN
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0924Z 13 JAN
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0935Z 13 JAN
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0937Z 13 JAN
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0939Z 13 JAN
PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0945Z 13 JAN
LAOAG 18.2N 120.6E 1003Z 13 JAN
SAN FERNANDO 16.6N 120.3E 1026Z 13 JAN
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 13 JAN
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1040Z 13 JAN
ZAMBOANGA 6.9N 122.1E 1136Z 13 JAN
MANILA 14.6N 121.0E 1146Z 13 JAN
ILOILO 10.7N 122.5E 1159Z 13 JAN
PUERTO PRINCESA 9.8N 118.8E 1215Z 13 JAN
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0959Z 13 JAN
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1003Z 13 JAN
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 1008Z 13 JAN
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 1023Z 13 JAN
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 1041Z 13 JAN
HILO 19.7N 155.1W 1059Z 13 JAN
INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1038Z 13 JAN
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1048Z 13 JAN
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1100Z 13 JAN
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1106Z 13 JAN
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1115Z 13 JAN
JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1120Z 13 JAN
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1121Z 13 JAN
MANADO 1.6N 124.9E 1127Z 13 JAN
TARAKAN 3.3N 117.6E 1233Z 13 JAN
SINGKAWANG 1.0N 109.0E 1901Z 13 JAN
PANGKALPINANG 2.1S 106.1E 2327Z 13 JAN
KIRIBATI TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 1055Z 13 JAN
KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 1206Z 13 JAN
CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 1252Z 13 JAN
MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 1333Z 13 JAN
FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 1431Z 13 JAN
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1057Z 13 JAN
PAPUA NEW GUINE KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1101Z 13 JAN
MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1103Z 13 JAN
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1118Z 13 JAN
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1129Z 13 JAN
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1140Z 13 JAN
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1144Z 13 JAN
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1147Z 13 JAN
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1153Z 13 JAN
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1225Z 13 JAN
PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 1347Z 13 JAN
HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 1122Z 13 JAN
PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 1149Z 13 JAN
SOLOMON IS. FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1152Z 13 JAN
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1156Z 13 JAN
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1209Z 13 JAN
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1218Z 13 JAN
KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 1232Z 13 JAN
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 1259Z 13 JAN
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 1259Z 13 JAN
TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 1214Z 13 JAN
VIETNAM QUI NHON 13.7N 109.2E 1216Z 13 JAN
VINH 18.6N 105.7E 1416Z 13 JAN
BAC LIEU 9.3N 105.8E 1646Z 13 JAN
JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 1241Z 13 JAN
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH 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 BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
