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. ------------------------------------ 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 -------------------------------------------- COMMS@PTWC.NOAA.GOV THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL WORK TO RESOLVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED. ---------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FEBRUARY 2 ROUTINE MONTHLY TEST AT 1530 UTC WAS CANCELLED BUT WILL RESUME AGAIN IN MARCH. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.