WEPA40 RJTD 030847

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

   ISSUED AT 0847Z 03 APR 2016

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:0824Z 03 APR 2016

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT14.2SOUTH LON166.9EAST

 VANUATU ISLANDS

 VANUATU ISLANDS

MAG:7.2

BY PTWC



EVALUATION

 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI

 NEAR THE EPICENTER



ESTIMATION AT THE FORECAST POINTS - NO TSUNAMIS WITH

AMPLITUDE OF 0.5 METER OR OVER ARE EXPECTED AT ANY OF THEM.



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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