WEPA40 RJTD 171235 TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA) ISSUED AT 1235Z 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:7.9 BY PTWC EVALUATION THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI THIS BULLETIN IS FOR NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA MICRONESIA SOLOMON SEA ESTIMATED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME AND ESTIMATED TSUNAMI WAVE AMPLITUDE NORTH COASTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME AMPL MADANG 05.2S 145.8E 1237Z 17 DEC 0.5M KIMBE 05.6S 150.2E 1201Z 17 DEC 1M RABAUL 04.2S 152.3E 1112Z 17 DEC 3M KAVIENG 02.5S 150.7E 1145Z 17 DEC 1M KIETA 06.1S 155.6E 1119Z 17 DEC 1M MICRONESIA LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME AMPL POHNPEI_IS. 07.0N 158.2E 1311Z 17 DEC 1M KOSRAE_IS. 05.5N 163.0E 1326Z 17 DEC 1M SOLOMON SEA LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME AMPL MUNDA 08.4S 157.2E 1139Z 17 DEC 1M 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. MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS ON TSUNAMI LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME AMPL TAREKUKURE WHARF 06.7S 156.4E MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVE 1158Z 17 DEC 0.1M MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVE -- HALF OF AMPLITUDE FROM THE TROUGH TO THE CREST 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. =