WEPA40 RJTD 171112

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

   ISSUED AT 1112Z 17 DEC 2016

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:1051Z 17 DEC 2016

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT04.5SOUTH LON153.6EAST

 NEW IRELAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, REGION

 BISMARCK AND SOLOMON ISLANDS

MAG:8.0

BY PTWC



EVALUATION

 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI



THIS BULLETIN IS FOR

NORTH COASTS OF IRIAN JAYA

NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

MICRONESIA

NORTH COASTS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS

SOLOMON SEA



ESTIMATED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME AND ESTIMATED TSUNAMI WAVE AMPLITUDE

NORTH COASTS OF IRIAN JAYA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 JAYAPURA              02.4S 140.8E 1324Z 17 DEC  0.5M

NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 WEWAK                 03.5S 143.7E 1315Z 17 DEC  0.5M

 MADANG                05.2S 145.8E 1233Z 17 DEC  1M

 MANUS_IS.             02.0S 147.5E 1217Z 17 DEC  0.5M

 RABAUL                04.2S 152.3E 1057Z 17 DEC  4M

 KAVIENG               02.5S 150.7E 1116Z 17 DEC  2M

 KIMBE                 05.6S 150.2E 1146Z 17 DEC  1M

 KIETA                 06.1S 155.6E 1106Z 17 DEC  1M

MICRONESIA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 CHUUK_IS.             07.4N 151.8E 1249Z 17 DEC  0.5M

 POHNPEI_IS.           07.0N 158.2E 1248Z 17 DEC  1M

 KOSRAE_IS.            05.5N 163.0E 1322Z 17 DEC  1M

NORTH COASTS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 PANGGOE               06.9S 157.2E 1131Z 17 DEC  0.5M

SOLOMON SEA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 MUNDA                 08.4S 157.2E 1134Z 17 DEC  1M

 HONIARA               09.3S 160.0E 1224Z 17 DEC  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 AT THE NEARBY

FORECAST POINTS

AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.



FURTHERMORE THE EVALUATION OF TSUNAMIGENIC POTENTIAL AND ESTIMATED

ARRIVAL TIME OF TSUNAMIS MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF PTWC

DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE ESTIMATED EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

AUTHORITIES SHOULD USE THE EARLIEST ARRIVAL TIMES FOR

GREATEST SAFETY.



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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