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Tsunami Warning issued for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama.


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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0458Z 27 AUG 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

THIS EARTHQUAKE APPEARS TO BE A SLOW EARTHQUAKE WITH ADDITIONAL

TSUNAMI POTENTIAL. THEREFORE A WARNING IS BEING ISSUED.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR / HONDURAS / GUATEMALA /

PANAMA / MEXICO

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR

INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0437Z 27 AUG 2012

COORDINATES - 12.7 NORTH 88.5 WEST

DEPTH - 54 KM

LOCATION - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

MAGNITUDE - 7.3

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS

BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS

SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN

STRIKE COASTLINES IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES

TO HOURS. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE

ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR

SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY TSUNAMI

WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. THE WARNING WILL NOT EXPAND TO OTHER

AREAS OF THE PACIFIC UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED TO

WARRANT SUCH AN EXPANSION.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

COSTA RICA CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 0526Z 27 AUG

PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 0553Z 27 AUG

CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0555Z 27 AUG

NICARAGUA CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0532Z 27 AUG

PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0539Z 27 AUG

SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 0551Z 27 AUG

EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 0543Z 27 AUG

HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 272.4E 0556Z 27 AUG

GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 268.8E 0559Z 27 AUG

PANAMA PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0605Z 27 AUG

PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0652Z 27 AUG

BALBOA_HTS. 9.0N 280.4E 0912Z 27 AUG

MEXICO PUERTO_MADERO 14.8N 267.5E 0606Z 27 AUG

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 PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

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The warning has been continued.

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0542Z 27 AUG 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

NO CHANGE IN STATUS. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR INITIAL READINGS

FROM THE NEAREST SEA LEVEL STATIONS.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR / HONDURAS / GUATEMALA /

PANAMA / MEXICO

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR

INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0437Z 27 AUG 2012

COORDINATES - 12.7 NORTH 88.5 WEST

DEPTH - 54 KM

LOCATION - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

MAGNITUDE - 7.3

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS

BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS

SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN

STRIKE COASTLINES IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES

TO HOURS. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE

ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE

TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY

TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. THE WARNING WILL NOT EXPAND

TO OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED

TO WARRANT SUCH AN EXPANSION.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

COSTA RICA CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 0526Z 27 AUG

PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 0553Z 27 AUG

CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0555Z 27 AUG

NICARAGUA CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0532Z 27 AUG

PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0539Z 27 AUG

SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 0551Z 27 AUG

EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 0543Z 27 AUG

HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 272.4E 0556Z 27 AUG

GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 268.8E 0559Z 27 AUG

PANAMA PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0605Z 27 AUG

PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0652Z 27 AUG

BALBOA_HTS. 9.0N 280.4E 0912Z 27 AUG

MEXICO PUERTO_MADERO 14.8N 267.5E 0606Z 27 AUG

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 PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

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