WEPA40 PHEB 081747 TSUPAC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1746 UTC THU DEC 8 2016 ...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 8.0 * ORIGIN TIME 1739 UTC DEC 8 2016 * COORDINATES 10.7 SOUTH 161.4 EAST * DEPTH 40 KM / 25 MILES * LOCATION SOLOMON ISLANDS EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OCCURRED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AT 1739 UTC ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 8 2016. * BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE. TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST ----------------------- * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS... VANUATU... PAPUA NEW GUINEA... NAURU... NEW CALEDONIA... TUVALU AND KOSRAE 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 A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. 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) ------------------------------------------------------------ KIRAKIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.4S 161.9E 1807 12/08 AUKI SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.8S 160.6E 1813 12/08 HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.3S 160.0E 1824 12/08 SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 1837 12/08 MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 1842 12/08 FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 1846 12/08 GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 1849 12/08 ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 1853 12/08 AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 1904 12/08 PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 1904 12/08 WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 1905 12/08 RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 1923 12/08 KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 1924 12/08 ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 1943 12/08 NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1948 12/08 ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.3E 1959 12/08 LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 1959 12/08 NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 22.3S 166.5E 2006 12/08 KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 2009 12/08 FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 2018 12/08 PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 2022 12/08 MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 2032 12/08 KOSRAE ISLAND KOSRAE 5.5N 163.0E 2035 12/08 MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 2042 12/08 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. $$