WEPA40 RJTD 300009

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

   ISSUED AT 0009Z 30 MAR 2015

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:2349Z 29 MAR 2015

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT04.7SOUTH LON152.7EAST

 NEW BRITAIN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, REGION

 BISMARCK AND SOLOMON ISLANDS

MAG:7.6

BY PTWC



EVALUATION

 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL TSUNAMI



THIS BULLETIN IS FOR

NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA



ESTIMATED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME AND ESTIMATED TSUNAMI WAVE AMPLITUDE

NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 RABAUL                04.2S 152.3E 0010Z 30 MAR  2M

 KAVIENG               02.5S 150.7E 0043Z 30 MAR  0.5M



AMPL - AMPLITUDE IN METERS FROM MIDDLE TO CREST



HOWEVER AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER

TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION

AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES ABOUT

THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE

EARTHQUAKE OR THERE ARE REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS.



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