TEST... TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 ...TEST
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TEST... TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 ...TEST
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
1145 AM HST 1 APR 2005
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETIN
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN IS FOR TODAYS EXERCISE. IT IS NOT REAL.
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
1145 AM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1015 AM HST 01 APR 2005
COORDINATES - 53.1 NORTH 164.5 WEST
LOCATION - UNIMAK ISLAND REGION
MAGNITUDE - 8.5 MOMENT
MAGNITUDE - 8.0 RICHTER
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ -----
DART UNIMAK D165 50.0N 165.0W 2041Z 1.30M 25MIN
DART KODIAK D157 52.6N 156.9W 2053Z 0.48M 28MIN
DUTCH HBR. UNALASKA 54.0N 166.5W 2104Z 0.80M 30MIN
DART UMNAK D171 46.6N 170.8W 2117Z 0.41M 29MIN
ADAK DOCK 51.8N 176.8W 2133Z 1.71M 28MIN
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT
AMPL - AMPLITUDE IN METERS FROM MIDDLE TO CREST OR MIDDLE
TO TROUGH OR HALF OF THE CREST TO TROUGH
PER - PERIOD OF TIME FROM ONE WAVE CREST TO THE NEXT
EVALUATION
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE
CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD
COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS
CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT
RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI
WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL
QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE
CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED
BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH
TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.
THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0245 PM HST 01 APR 2005
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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TEST... TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 ...TEST
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2145Z 01 APR 2005
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN IS FOR TODAYS EXERCISE NOT REAL
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
... A PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...
THIS WARNING IS FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS AND ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 2015Z 01 APR 2005
COORDINATES - 53.1 NORTH 164.5 WEST
LOCATION - UNIMAK ISLAND REGION
MAGNITUDE - 8.5
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ -----
DART UNIMAK D165 50.0N 165.0W 2041Z 1.30M 25MIN
DART KODIAK D157 52.6N 156.9W 2053Z 0.48M 28MIN
DUTCH HBR. UNALASKA 54.0N 166.5W 2104Z 0.80M 30MIN
DART UMNAK D171 46.6N 170.8W 2117Z 0.41M 29MIN
ADAK DOCK 51.8N 176.8W 2133Z 1.71M 28MIN
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT
AMPL - AMPLITUDE IN METERS FROM MIDDLE TO CREST OR MIDDLE
TO TROUGH OR HALF OF THE CREST TO TROUGH
PER - PERIOD OF TIME FROM ONE WAVE CREST TO THE NEXT
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED
WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO COASTS AND ISLANDS IN THE
PACIFIC. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE
TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL
DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM
ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND
THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.
FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
RUSSIA MEDNNY IS 54.6N 167.6E 2243Z 01 APR
UST KAMCHATSK 56.2N 162.5E 2310Z 01 APR
PETROPAVLOVSK-K 53.0N 158.5E 2336Z 01 APR
SEVERO KURILSK 50.5N 156.3E 2358Z 01 APR
URUP IS 45.9N 150.2E 0021Z 02 APR
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 2348Z 01 APR
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 0045Z 02 APR
HONOLULU 21.2N 157.8W 0101Z 02 APR
HILO 19.8N 155.0W 0108Z 02 APR
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0117Z 02 APR
JAPAN HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.7E 0131Z 02 APR
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0312Z 02 APR
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0406Z 02 APR
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0137Z 02 APR
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS 24.3N 154.0E 0144Z 02 APR
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0251Z 02 APR
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0300Z 02 APR
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0307Z 02 APR
KIRIBATI CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 0321Z 02 APR
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0321Z 02 APR
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0334Z 02 APR
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0335Z 02 APR
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0343Z 02 APR
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0355Z 02 APR
MEXICO SOCORRO 18.8N 111.0W 0407Z 02 APR
MANZANILLO 19.0N 104.3W 0506Z 02 APR
ACAPULCO 16.8N 100.0W 0546Z 02 APR
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0420Z 02 APR
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0429Z 02 APR
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0450Z 02 APR
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0507Z 02 APR
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.7W 0527Z 02 APR
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 0529Z 02 APR
PHILIPPINES LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 0549Z 02 APR
FR. POLYNESIA PAPEETE 17.5S 149.6W 0611Z 02 APR
RIKITEA 23.1S 135.0W 0737Z 02 APR
COOK ISLANDS RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 0631Z 02 APR
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0649Z 02 APR
EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.5N 89.8W 0741Z 02 APR
NICARAGUA CORINTO 12.5N 87.2W 0808Z 02 APR
PUERTO SANDINO 12.2N 86.8W 0810Z 02 APR
SAN JUAN DL SUR 11.2N 85.9W 0817Z 02 APR
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 0818Z 02 APR
HONG KONG HONG KONG 22.3N 114.3E 0840Z 02 APR
ECUADOR BALTRA IS. 0.5S 90.2W 0903Z 02 APR
NEW ZEALAND NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0903Z 02 APR
GISBORNE 37.8S 176.7E 0904Z 02 APR
NAPIER 39.5S 177.0E 0922Z 02 APR
EAST CAPE 36.2S 175.1E 0934Z 02 APR
WELLINGTON 41.2S 174.7E 0953Z 02 APR
AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 1021Z 02 APR
AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 1026Z 02 APR
LYTTELTON 43.5S 172.8E 1033Z 02 APR
NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 1053Z 02 APR
DUNEDIN 45.8S 170.7E 1107Z 02 APR
NELSON 41.2S 173.3E 1118Z 02 APR
MILFORD SOUND 44.5S 167.7E 1121Z 02 APR
WESTPORT 41.7S 171.5E 1132Z 02 APR
BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 1227Z 02 APR
COLOMBIA BAHIA SOLANO 6.3N 77.5W 0940Z 02 APR
TUMACO 1.8N 78.9W 1002Z 02 APR
BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 77.2W 1014Z 02 APR
CHILE EASTER IS 27.1S 109.4W 0955Z 02 APR
IQUIQUE 20.2S 70.1W 1254Z 02 APR
ARICA 18.5S 70.3W 1255Z 02 APR
ANTOFAGASTA 23.5S 70.5W 1310Z 02 APR
CALDERA 27.0S 70.8W 1330Z 02 APR
COQUIMBO 29.8S 71.3W 1346Z 02 APR
VALPARAISO 33.0S 71.6W 1400Z 02 APR
TALCAHUANO 36.7S 73.1W 1425Z 02 APR
PUERTO MONTT 41.5S 72.8W 1743Z 02 APR
PUNTA ARENAS 53.8S 71.7W 1814Z 02 APR
PUERTO WILLIAMS 54.8S 68.2W 1815Z 02 APR
PANAMA BALBOA HTS. 8.8N 79.7W 1059Z 02 APR
PERU LA PUNTA 12.1S 77.2W 1149Z 02 APR
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
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