WEPA40 PHEB 171058 TSUPAC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1058 UTC SAT DEC 17 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 1051 UTC DEC 17 2016 * COORDINATES 4.5 SOUTH 153.6 EAST * DEPTH 73 KM / 46 MILES * LOCATION NEW IRELAND REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OCCURRED IN THE NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 1051 UTC ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 17 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA... SOLOMON ISLANDS... POHNPEI... CHUUK... INDONESIA... NAURU... KOSRAE AND VANUATU 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) ------------------------------------------------------------ RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 1117 12/17 AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 1120 12/17 FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 1126 12/17 KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 1128 12/17 WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 1133 12/17 PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 1142 12/17 KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 1151 12/17 ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.3E 1153 12/17 MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 1157 12/17 LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 1201 12/17 GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 1214 12/17 MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 1227 12/17 HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.3S 160.0E 1228 12/17 MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 1234 12/17 AUKI SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.8S 160.6E 1237 12/17 KIRAKIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.4S 161.9E 1246 12/17 WEWAK PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3.5S 143.6E 1312 12/17 POHNPEI ISLAND POHNPEI 7.0N 158.2E 1313 12/17 CHUUK ISLAND CHUUK 7.4N 151.8E 1313 12/17 VANIMO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.6S 141.3E 1314 12/17 JAYAPURA INDONESIA 2.4S 140.8E 1315 12/17 SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 1320 12/17 NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1326 12/17 KOSRAE ISLAND KOSRAE 5.5N 163.0E 1329 12/17 ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 1336 12/17 PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 1337 12/17 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. $$