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WECA43 PHEB 151350
TIBCAX
TSUNAMI STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1350 UTC SUN JAN 15 2012
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO COUNTRIES WITHIN AND BORDERING THE
CARIBBEAN SEA...EXCEPT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
... TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT ...
THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
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 - 1340Z 15 JAN 2012
COORDINATES - 60.7 SOUTH 56.7 WEST
LOCATION - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 6.7
EVALUATION
A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - THERE IS THE SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL OR REGIONAL
TSUNAMI THAT COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A
FEW HUNDRED KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PRODUCT ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
WEPA43 PAAQ 021348
TIBWCA
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
548 AM PST THU FEB 2 2012
...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...
NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE STATES AND PROVINCES PREVIOUSLY LISTED.
EVALUATION
BASED ON MAGNITUDE... LOCATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE
EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO
CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 6.9
TIME - 0435 AKST FEB 02 2012
0535 PST FEB 02 2012
1335 UTC FEB 02 2012
LOCATION - 17.9 SOUTH 167.2 EAST
- VANUATU ISLANDS
DEPTH - 6 MILES/10 KM
PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
$$
WEAK51 PAAQ 021157
TSUAK1
BULLETIN
PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
357 AM AKDT FRI SEP 2 2011
...THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF
ALASKA FROM UNIMAK PASS ALASKA/80 MILES NE OF DUTCH HARBOR/
TO AMCHITKA PASS ALASKA/125 MILES W OF ADAK/...
NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI HAS BEEN RECORDED AND NO TSUNAMI DANGER
EXISTS ALONG THE COASTS OF THE U.S. WEST COAST STATES - ALASKA
AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME ALL CLEAR
UPON RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE.
AT 256 AM ALASKAN DAYLIGHT TIME ON SEPTEMBER 2 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.1 OCCURRED 45 MILES/72 KM SOUTHEAST OF
AMUKTA PASS ALASKA.
PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PTWC.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
TO REPEAT - NO TSUNAMI WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE U.S. WEST COAST STATES - ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEE THE WEB SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR BASIC TSUNAMI
INFORMATION... SAFETY RULES AND TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES.
$$
WECA41 PHEB 041640
TSUCAX
TEST... TSUNAMI DUMMY - COMMUNICATIONS TEST ...TEST
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1640 UTC SAT FEB 04 2012
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO COUNTRIES WITHIN
AND BORDERING THE CARIBBEAN SEA...EXCEPT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS.
...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
...TEST PTWC UNSCHEDULED CARIBE-EWS COMMUNICATIONS TEST...
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS AN UNSCHEDULED TEST OF THE
COMMUNICATION METHODS USED TO DISSEMINATE TSUNAMI INFORMATION
FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER TO THE CARIBE-EWS
TSUNAMI WARNING FOCAL POINTS.
THIS TEST IS CONDUCTED APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES PER YEAR AT AN
UNSCHEDULED TIME. THE MESSAGE IS SENT BY SEVERAL COMMUNICATION
METHODS INCLUDING THE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM OR GTS...
THE AERONAUTICAL FIXED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OR AFTN... BY
EMAIL... AND BY TELEFAX.
THIS MESSAGE SHOULD ARRIVE BY ALL DESIGNATED METHODS WITHIN A
FEW MINUTES OF ITS BEING DISSEMINATED. TSUNAMI WARNING FOCAL
POINTS SHOULD CHECK THAT IT WAS RECEIVED BY ALL METHODS IN A
TIMELY FASHION.
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS TEST MESSAGE.
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FOR THIS TEST IT IS NECESSARY TO RESPOND. PLEASE NOTIFY THE
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER BY EMAIL INDICATING BY WHICH
METHODS THE TEST WAS RECEIVED AND THE TIME OF RECEIPT FOR EACH
METHOD.
ALSO INDICATE IF ANY OF THE EXPECTED METHODS FAILED OR WERE
DELAYED BY MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES. PLEASE PROVIDE AN EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR A PERSON OR PERSONS TO CORRESPOND WITH REGARDING
ANY PROBLEMS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE ICG CARIBE-EWS...THE
RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE TEST. YOUR
COOPERATION IS APPRECIATED.
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EMAIL ADDRESS
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COMMS@PTWC.NOAA.GOV
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL WORK TO RESOLVE ANY
COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FEBRUARY 2 ROUTINE MONTHLY TEST AT 1530 UTC
WAS CANCELLED BUT WILL RESUME AGAIN IN MARCH.
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THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS
TEST.
$$
WEIO21 PHEB 251657
TSUIOX
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1657Z 25 OCT 2010
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.
... TSUNAMI WATCH CANCELLATION SUPPLEMENT ...
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 - 1442Z 25 OCT 2010
COORDINATES - 3.1 SOUTH 100.1 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATRA INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.5
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------ ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
TANAHBALAH ID 0.5S 98.5E 1605Z 0.23M / 0.8FT 16MIN
PADANG ID 0.9S 100.4E 1558Z 0.33M / 1.1FT 14MIN
ENGGANO ID 5.3S 102.3E 1528Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 06MIN
COCOS ISLAND AU 12.1S 96.9E 1612Z 0.11M / 0.4FT 08MIN
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.
EVALUATION
A SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE.
HOWEVER...SEA LEVEL READINGS NOW INDICATE THAT THE THREAT HAS
DIMINISHED OR IS OVER FOR MOST AREAS. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI
WATCH ISSUED BY THIS CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED.
FOR ANY AFFECTED AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES HAVE OCCURRED FOR AT
LEAST TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME 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.
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.