WEPA40 PHEB 070720 TSUPAC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 0718 UTC THU MAY 7 2015 ...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE... **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION. **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.2 * ORIGIN TIME 0710 UTC MAY 7 2015 * COORDINATES 7.2 SOUTH 154.7 EAST * DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES * LOCATION SOLOMON ISLANDS EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.2 OCCURRED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AT 0710 UTC ON THURSDAY MAY 7 2015. * BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED --------------------------------- * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT. * PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -------------------------- * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES WITH AN ETA WITHIN THE NEXT SIX HOURS. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------ FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 0722 05/07 AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 0727 05/07 WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 0735 05/07 RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 0746 05/07 MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 0752 05/07 KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 0803 05/07 PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 0808 05/07 ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.3E 0822 05/07 LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 0822 05/07 HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.3S 160.0E 0823 05/07 KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 0832 05/07 GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 0840 05/07 KIRAKIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.4S 161.9E 0841 05/07 AUKI SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.8S 160.6E 0844 05/07 MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 0855 05/07 MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 0905 05/07 SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 0915 05/07 ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 0931 05/07 WEWAK PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3.5S 143.6E 0933 05/07 PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 0938 05/07 VANIMO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.6S 141.3E 0954 05/07 CHUUK ISLAND CHUUK 7.4N 151.8E 0956 05/07 POHNPEI ISLAND POHNPEI 7.0N 158.2E 0956 05/07 JAYAPURA INDONESIA 2.4S 140.8E 0958 05/07 NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1007 05/07 KOSRAE ISLAND KOSRAE 5.5N 163.0E 1012 05/07 ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 1021 05/07 CAIRNS AUSTRALIA 16.7S 145.8E 1024 05/07 NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 22.3S 166.5E 1038 05/07 GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 1044 05/07 WARSA INDONESIA 0.6S 135.8E 1046 05/07 SAIPAN NORTHERN MARIANA 15.3N 145.8E 1050 05/07 FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 1056 05/07 YAP ISLAND YAP 9.5N 138.1E 1058 05/07 KWAJALEIN MARSHALL ISLANDS 8.7N 167.7E 1059 05/07 ENIWETOK MARSHALL ISLANDS 11.4N 162.3E 1102 05/07 MANOKWARI INDONESIA 0.8S 134.2E 1104 05/07 MAJURO MARSHALL ISLANDS 7.1N 171.4E 1114 05/07 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 27.2S 153.3E 1115 05/07 SORONG INDONESIA 0.8S 131.1E 1135 05/07 MALAKAL PALAU 7.3N 134.5E 1137 05/07 MINAMITORISHIMA MINAMITORISHIMA 24.3N 154.0E 1146 05/07 FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 1148 05/07 WAKE ISLAND WAKE ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 1149 05/07 TARAWA ISLAND KIRIBATI 1.5N 173.0E 1152 05/07 BEREBERE INDONESIA 2.5N 128.7E 1154 05/07 HOWLAND ISLAND HOWLAND AND BAKE 0.6N 176.6W 1156 05/07 WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.3S 176.3W 1156 05/07 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 33.9S 151.4E 1158 05/07 SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 1158 05/07 PATANI INDONESIA 0.4N 128.8E 1208 05/07 NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 1214 05/07 GEME INDONESIA 4.6N 126.8E 1216 05/07 KANTON ISLAND KIRIBATI 2.8S 171.7W 1219 05/07 CHICHI JIMA JAPAN 27.0N 142.3E 1224 05/07 RAOUL ISLAND KERMADEC ISLANDS 29.2S 177.9W 1227 05/07 DAVAO PHILIPPINES 6.8N 125.7E 1228 05/07 APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 1231 05/07 TABUKAN TENGAH INDONESIA 3.6N 125.6E 1232 05/07 NORTH CAPE NEW ZEALAND 34.4S 173.3E 1234 05/07 GLADSTONE AUSTRALIA 23.8S 151.4E 1235 05/07 PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 1240 05/07 NUKUALOFA TONGA 21.0S 175.2W 1247 05/07 LEGASPI PHILIPPINES 13.2N 123.8E 1303 05/07 MACKAY AUSTRALIA 21.1S 149.3E 1304 05/07 NIUE ISLAND NIUE 19.0S 170.0W 1305 05/07 PUKAPUKA ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 10.8S 165.9W 1307 05/07 KATSUURA JAPAN 35.1N 140.3E 1316 05/07 HACHIJO JIMA JAPAN 33.1N 139.8E 1317 05/07 PALANAN PHILIPPINES 17.1N 122.6E 1317 05/07 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. * IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION OF THE SHORELINE. * IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES. * PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA. NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV. $$