ArtRosen Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 http://earthquake.us.../at00lnxe9i.php Magnitude7.8 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes) Date-Time (updated 4:00 EST to 7.6) Wednesday, July 06, 2011 at 19:03:16 UTC Thursday, July 07, 2011 at 07:03:16 AM at epicenter Location29.400°S, 175.700°W Depth48 km (29.8 miles) set by location program RegionKERMADEC ISLANDS REGION Distances 211 km (131 miles) E (95°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands 919 km (571 miles) S (183°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 2964 km (1842 miles) WSW (239°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia Location UncertaintyError estimate not available ParametersNST= 22, Nph= 22, Dmin=245 km, Rmss=1.41 sec, Gp=184°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1 Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS Event IDat00lnxe9i http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 It's pretty far from NZ re: "hits NZ" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 It's pretty far from NZ re: "hits NZ" Modified. Kermadec Islands are New Zealand islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Japan first reports were 7.8. It better be a 7.8 only this time. Edit. Far from Land though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Um... I'm not seeing any tsuanmi warning edit: nevermind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 About 750 miles NE of Auckland, 650 miles from the NE tip of the NZ mainland. (For a scale reference, about the distance from Galveston, Texas to the Yucatan Peninsula or Miami to the Haiti earthquake epicenter.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 http://ptwc.weather....11.07.06.191233 http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.2011.07.06.191349 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Well if there is a tsumani heading west, it should already be eating Raoul Island's shores. NZ has a manned station there, so we ought to know fairly soon. Am posting at 19:48Z LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME ———————————————— —————— —————— KERMADEC IS RAOUL_IS. 29.2S 182.1E 1929Z 06 JUL TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 2017Z 06 JUL NEW ZEALAND EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 2052Z 06 JUL NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 2054Z 06 JUL GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 2059Z 06 JUL AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 2200Z 06 JUL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Updated to 7.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Tsunami generated SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- BOAT COVE RAOUL IS 29.3S 177.9W 1922Z 0.68M / 2.2FT 04MIN FISHING ROCK RAOUL 29.3S 177.9W 1923Z 0.84M / 2.7FT 04MIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Live cam of NZ beach http://www.ustream.t...nnel/wherebsara thats a CA cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 thats a CA cam oh oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 how big will the tsunami be, and where will it hit first (and when)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Well if there is a tsumani heading west, it should already be eating Raoul Island's shores. NZ has a manned station there, so we ought to know fairly soon. Am posting at 19:48Z LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME ———————————————— —————— —————— KERMADEC IS RAOUL_IS. 29.2S 182.1E 1929Z 06 JUL TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 2017Z 06 JUL NEW ZEALAND EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 2052Z 06 JUL NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 2054Z 06 JUL GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 2059Z 06 JUL AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 2200Z 06 JUL Tsunami generated SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- BOAT COVE RAOUL IS 29.3S 177.9W 1922Z 0.68M / 2.2FT 04MIN FISHING ROCK RAOUL 29.3S 177.9W 1923Z 0.84M / 2.7FT 04MIN how big will the tsunami be, and where will it hit first (and when)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 oops, must have skipped that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says it is now likely to drop the word "warning" from its tsunami alerts, conceding the language is too alarmist. The decision comes after a tsunami warning following a big earthquake off the Kermadec Islands, 1100 kilometres north of Auckland this morning. http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/pacific-tsunami-centre-admits-alerts-too-alarmist-4289781 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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