WEPA40 RJTD 171201

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

   ISSUED AT 1201Z 17 DEC 2016

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS(REVISION)

ORIGIN TIME:1051Z 17 DEC 2016

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT04.5SOUTH LON153.6EAST

 NEW IRELAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, REGION

 BISMARCK AND SOLOMON ISLANDS

MAG:7.9

BY PTWC



EVALUATION

 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI



THIS BULLETIN IS FOR

NORTH COASTS OF IRIAN JAYA (CANCELLATION)

NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

NORTH COASTS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS (CANCELLATION)

MICRONESIA

SOLOMON SEA



ESTIMATED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME AND ESTIMATED TSUNAMI WAVE AMPLITUDE

NORTH COASTS OF IRIAN JAYA (CANCELLATION)

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 JAYAPURA              02.4S 140.8E (CANCELLATION)

NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 WEWAK                 03.5S 143.7E (CANCELLATION)

 MADANG                05.2S 145.8E 1237Z 17 DEC  0.5M  (REVISION)

 MANUS_IS.             02.0S 147.5E (CANCELLATION)

 KIMBE                 05.6S 150.2E 1201Z 17 DEC  1M  (REVISION)

 RABAUL                04.2S 152.3E 1112Z 17 DEC  3M  (REVISION)

 KAVIENG               02.5S 150.7E 1145Z 17 DEC  1M  (REVISION)

 KIETA                 06.1S 155.6E 1119Z 17 DEC  1M  (REVISION)

NORTH COASTS OF SOLOMON ISLANDS (CANCELLATION)

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 PANGGOE               06.9S 157.2E (CANCELLATION)

MICRONESIA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 CHUUK_IS.             07.4N 151.8E (CANCELLATION)

 POHNPEI_IS.           07.0N 158.2E 1311Z 17 DEC  1M  (REVISION)

 KOSRAE_IS.            05.5N 163.0E 1326Z 17 DEC  1M  (REVISION)

SOLOMON SEA

 LOCATION              COORDINATES  ARRIVAL TIME  AMPL

 MUNDA                 08.4S 157.2E 1139Z 17 DEC  1M  (REVISION)

 HONIARA               09.3S 160.0E (CANCELLATION)



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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