Pacific quake prompts wide tsunami watch http://www.theage.com.au/news/World...e-tsunami-watch/2007/01/13/1168105221227.html TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0723Z 13 JAN 2007 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA. REFER TO MESSAGES FROM THE WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FOR GUIDANCE IN THESE AREAS. ... TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH CANCELLATION ... THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELLED FOR RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS. / WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI / CHUUK / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU / JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII / INDONESIA / KIRIBATI / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / HOWLAND-BAKER / PALMYRA IS. / SOLOMON IS. / TUVALU / VIETNAM / JARVIS IS. 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 ------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- HANASAKI HOKKAIDO 43.3N 145.6E 0605Z 0.10M 28MIN SHEMYA ALASKA 52.7N 174.1E 0712Z 0.30M 08MIN 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. FOR THOSE 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. NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. FOR ALL AREAS THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND TSUNAMI WATCH ARE CANCELLED. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. 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.
