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 TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1450Z 05 SEP 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

COSTA RICA / PANAMA / NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR / HONDURAS /
MEXICO / COLOMBIA / ECUADOR / GUATEMALA / PERU

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

CHILE

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 -  1442Z 05 SEP 2012
COORDINATES -   9.9 NORTH   85.5 WEST
DEPTH	   -   46 KM
LOCATION    -  OFF COAST OF COSTA RICA
MAGNITUDE   -  7.9

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 NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

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    1510Z 05 SEP
			  CABO_MATAPALO	   8.4N 276.7E    1518Z 05 SEP
			  PUERTO_QUEPOS	   9.4N 275.8E    1536Z 05 SEP
PANAMA		   PUNTA_BURICA	    8.0N 277.1E    1527Z 05 SEP
			  PUNTA_MALA		  7.5N 280.0E    1615Z 05 SEP
			  PUERTO_PINA		 7.4N 282.0E    1631Z 05 SEP
			  BALBOA_HTS.		 9.0N 280.4E    1742Z 05 SEP
NICARAGUA	    SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR    11.2N 274.1E    1531Z 05 SEP
			  CORINTO		    12.5N 272.8E    1546Z 05 SEP
			  PUERTO_SANDINO	 12.2N 273.2E    1550Z 05 SEP
EL SALVADOR	  ACAJUTLA		   13.6N 270.2E    1604Z 05 SEP
HONDURAS		 AMAPALA		    13.2N 272.4E    1604Z 05 SEP
MEXICO		   PUERTO_MADERO	  14.8N 267.5E    1631Z 05 SEP
			  MANZANILLO		 19.1N 255.7E    1751Z 05 SEP
			  ACAPULCO		   16.9N 260.1E    1757Z 05 SEP
			  SOCORRO		    18.8N 249.0E    1844Z 05 SEP
			  MAZATLAN		   23.2N 253.6E    1848Z 05 SEP
			  CABO_SAN_LUCAS	 22.8N 250.0E    1850Z 05 SEP
			  PUNTA_ABREOJOS	 26.7N 246.4E    1959Z 05 SEP
COLOMBIA		 BAHIA_SOLANO	    6.3N 282.6E    1633Z 05 SEP
			  TUMACO			  1.8N 281.1E    1656Z 05 SEP
			  BUENAVENTURA	    3.8N 282.8E    1657Z 05 SEP
ECUADOR		  ESMERELDAS		  1.2N 280.2E    1650Z 05 SEP
			  LA_LIBERTAD		 2.2S 278.8E    1711Z 05 SEP
			  BALTRA_IS.		  0.5S 269.7E    1721Z 05 SEP
GUATEMALA	    SIPICATE		   13.9N 268.8E    1650Z 05 SEP
PERU			 TALARA			  4.6S 278.5E    1733Z 05 SEP
			  PIMENTAL		    6.9S 280.0E    1842Z 05 SEP
			  CHIMBOTE		    9.0S 281.2E    1900Z 05 SEP
			  LA_PUNTA		   12.1S 282.8E    1903Z 05 SEP
			  SAN_JUAN		   15.3S 284.8E    1921Z 05 SEP
			  MOLLENDO		   17.1S 288.0E    1954Z 05 SEP
CHILE		    ARICA			  18.5S 289.7E    2013Z 05 SEP
			  IQUIQUE		    20.2S 289.9E    2015Z 05 SEP
			  ANTOFAGASTA	    23.3S 289.6E    2028Z 05 SEP

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH 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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Nothing that we or any other living organism would notice. Just interesting from a scientists point of view.

cool...im always curious. anything with the seismograph or is that just a holy cow big quake kinda thing...best way to learn is to ask i suppose

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