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WEPA40 PHEB 060118

TSUPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0118Z 06 FEB 2013

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

SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /

NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /

SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /

TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /

WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /

PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /

BELAU

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 - 0112Z 06 FEB 2013

COORDINATES - 10.9 SOUTH 165.1 EAST

DEPTH - 33 KM

LOCATION - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

MAGNITUDE - 8.0

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

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

SOLOMON ISLANDS KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 0145Z 06 FEB

AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0216Z 06 FEB

HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 0222Z 06 FEB

GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 0227Z 06 FEB

MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0233Z 06 FEB

PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 0245Z 06 FEB

FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 0253Z 06 FEB

VANUATU ESPERITU_SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 0158Z 06 FEB

ANATOM_ISLAND 20.2S 169.9E 0254Z 06 FEB

NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0300Z 06 FEB

PAPUA NEW GUINE KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0304Z 06 FEB

AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0306Z 06 FEB

RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0330Z 06 FEB

LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0402Z 06 FEB

KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0406Z 06 FEB

PORT_MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0426Z 06 FEB

MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0428Z 06 FEB

MANUS_ISLAND 2.0S 147.5E 0445Z 06 FEB

WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0509Z 06 FEB

VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0530Z 06 FEB

TUVALU FUNAFUTI_ISLAND 7.9S 178.5E 0322Z 06 FEB

NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 0339Z 06 FEB

KOSRAE KOSRAE_ISLAND 5.5N 163.0E 0354Z 06 FEB

FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0405Z 06 FEB

KIRIBATI TARAWA_ISLAND 1.5N 173.0E 0406Z 06 FEB

KANTON_ISLAND 2.8S 188.3E 0446Z 06 FEB

CHRISTMAS_ISLAN 2.0N 202.5E 0650Z 06 FEB

MALDEN_ISLAND 3.9S 205.1E 0700Z 06 FEB

WALLIS AND FUTU FUTUNA_ISLAND 14.3S 181.8E 0414Z 06 FEB

WALLIS_ISLAND 13.3S 183.8E 0422Z 06 FEB

MARSHALL ISLAND KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0420Z 06 FEB

MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0424Z 06 FEB

ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0457Z 06 FEB

HOWLAND AND BAK HOWLAND_ISLAND 0.6N 183.4E 0424Z 06 FEB

POHNPEI POHNPEI_ISLAND 7.0N 158.2E 0438Z 06 FEB

TOKELAU NUKUNONU_ISLAND 9.2S 188.2E 0440Z 06 FEB

SAMOA APIA 13.8S 188.2E 0458Z 06 FEB

KERMADEC ISLAND RAOUL_ISLAND 29.2S 182.1E 0504Z 06 FEB

NEW ZEALAND NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0505Z 06 FEB

AUCKLAND_WEST 37.1S 174.2E 0606Z 06 FEB

EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 0615Z 06 FEB

GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0639Z 06 FEB

AUCKLAND_EAST 36.7S 175.0E 0647Z 06 FEB

NEW_PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0651Z 06 FEB

WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 0703Z 06 FEB

AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO_PAGO 14.3S 189.3E 0506Z 06 FEB

TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 0514Z 06 FEB

AUSTRALIA BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0515Z 06 FEB

CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0520Z 06 FEB

SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0546Z 06 FEB

GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0625Z 06 FEB

NIUE NIUE_ISLAND 19.0S 190.0E 0531Z 06 FEB

COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA_ISLAND 10.8S 194.1E 0533Z 06 FEB

PENRYN_ISLAND 8.9S 202.2E 0641Z 06 FEB

RAROTONGA 21.2S 200.2E 0647Z 06 FEB

INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0537Z 06 FEB

WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0622Z 06 FEB

MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0641Z 06 FEB

SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0710Z 06 FEB

WAKE ISLAND WAKE_ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 0547Z 06 FEB

CHUUK CHUUK_ISLAND 7.4N 151.8E 0555Z 06 FEB

JARVIS ISLAND JARVIS_ISLAND 0.4S 199.9E 0621Z 06 FEB

GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0622Z 06 FEB

NORTHERN MARIAN SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0626Z 06 FEB

PALMYRA ISLAND PALMYRA_ISLAND 6.3N 197.6E 0628Z 06 FEB

YAP YAP_ISLAND 9.5N 138.1E 0635Z 06 FEB

JOHNSTON ISLAND JOHNSTON_ISLAND 16.7N 190.5E 0637Z 06 FEB

MINAMITORISHIMA MINAMITORISHIMA 24.3N 154.0E 0640Z 06 FEB

BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0658Z 06 FEB

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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WEPA40 PHEB 060149

TSUPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0149Z 06 FEB 2013

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

SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /

NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA /

MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /

TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /

WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /

PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /

BELAU / MIDWAY ISLAND

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 - 0112Z 06 FEB 2013

COORDINATES - 10.9 SOUTH 165.1 EAST

DEPTH - 33 KM

LOCATION - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

MAGNITUDE - 8.0

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

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

LATA WHARF SB 10.7S 165.8E 0129Z 0.91M / 3.0FT 18MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE

BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND

COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS

CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

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 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

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

SOLOMON ISLANDS KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 0145Z 06 FEB

AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0216Z 06 FEB

HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 0222Z 06 FEB

GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 0227Z 06 FEB

MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0233Z 06 FEB

PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 0245Z 06 FEB

FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 0253Z 06 FEB

VANUATU ESPERITU_SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 0158Z 06 FEB

ANATOM_ISLAND 20.2S 169.9E 0254Z 06 FEB

NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0300Z 06 FEB

PAPUA NEW GUINE KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0304Z 06 FEB

AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0306Z 06 FEB

RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0330Z 06 FEB

LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0402Z 06 FEB

KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0406Z 06 FEB

PORT_MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0426Z 06 FEB

MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0428Z 06 FEB

MANUS_ISLAND 2.0S 147.5E 0445Z 06 FEB

WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0509Z 06 FEB

VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0530Z 06 FEB

TUVALU FUNAFUTI_ISLAND 7.9S 178.5E 0322Z 06 FEB

NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 0339Z 06 FEB

KOSRAE KOSRAE_ISLAND 5.5N 163.0E 0354Z 06 FEB

FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0405Z 06 FEB

KIRIBATI TARAWA_ISLAND 1.5N 173.0E 0406Z 06 FEB

KANTON_ISLAND 2.8S 188.3E 0446Z 06 FEB

CHRISTMAS_ISLAN 2.0N 202.5E 0650Z 06 FEB

MALDEN_ISLAND 3.9S 205.1E 0700Z 06 FEB

FLINT_ISLAND 11.4S 208.2E 0732Z 06 FEB

WALLIS AND FUTU FUTUNA_ISLAND 14.3S 181.8E 0414Z 06 FEB

WALLIS_ISLAND 13.3S 183.8E 0422Z 06 FEB

MARSHALL ISLAND KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0420Z 06 FEB

MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0424Z 06 FEB

ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0457Z 06 FEB

HOWLAND AND BAK HOWLAND_ISLAND 0.6N 183.4E 0424Z 06 FEB

POHNPEI POHNPEI_ISLAND 7.0N 158.2E 0438Z 06 FEB

TOKELAU NUKUNONU_ISLAND 9.2S 188.2E 0440Z 06 FEB

SAMOA APIA 13.8S 188.2E 0458Z 06 FEB

KERMADEC ISLAND RAOUL_ISLAND 29.2S 182.1E 0504Z 06 FEB

NEW ZEALAND NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0505Z 06 FEB

AUCKLAND_WEST 37.1S 174.2E 0606Z 06 FEB

EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 0615Z 06 FEB

GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0639Z 06 FEB

AUCKLAND_EAST 36.7S 175.0E 0647Z 06 FEB

NEW_PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0651Z 06 FEB

WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 0703Z 06 FEB

MILFORD_SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 0720Z 06 FEB

NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 0727Z 06 FEB

WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 0730Z 06 FEB

AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO_PAGO 14.3S 189.3E 0506Z 06 FEB

TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 0514Z 06 FEB

AUSTRALIA BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0515Z 06 FEB

CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0520Z 06 FEB

SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0546Z 06 FEB

GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0625Z 06 FEB

HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 0721Z 06 FEB

MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0741Z 06 FEB

NIUE NIUE_ISLAND 19.0S 190.0E 0531Z 06 FEB

COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA_ISLAND 10.8S 194.1E 0533Z 06 FEB

PENRYN_ISLAND 8.9S 202.2E 0641Z 06 FEB

RAROTONGA 21.2S 200.2E 0647Z 06 FEB

INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0537Z 06 FEB

WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0622Z 06 FEB

MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0641Z 06 FEB

SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0710Z 06 FEB

BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0730Z 06 FEB

PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0739Z 06 FEB

WAKE ISLAND WAKE_ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 0547Z 06 FEB

CHUUK CHUUK_ISLAND 7.4N 151.8E 0555Z 06 FEB

JARVIS ISLAND JARVIS_ISLAND 0.4S 199.9E 0621Z 06 FEB

GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0622Z 06 FEB

NORTHERN MARIAN SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0626Z 06 FEB

PALMYRA ISLAND PALMYRA_ISLAND 6.3N 197.6E 0628Z 06 FEB

YAP YAP_ISLAND 9.5N 138.1E 0635Z 06 FEB

JOHNSTON ISLAND JOHNSTON_ISLAND 16.7N 190.5E 0637Z 06 FEB

MINAMITORISHIMA MINAMITORISHIMA 24.3N 154.0E 0640Z 06 FEB

BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0658Z 06 FEB

MIDWAY ISLAND MIDWAY_ISLAND 28.2N 182.6E 0733Z 06 FEB

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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Just issued.......

WEAK53 PAAQ 060225

TIBAK1

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2

NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

625 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2013

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH

COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION

----------

* A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT

THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

* THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS INVESTIGATING

THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER.

* MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

* THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESCTRUCTIVE

TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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

* MAGNITUDE 8.0

* ORIGIN TIME 1613 AKST FEB 05 2013

1713 PST FEB 05 2013

0113 UTC FEB 06 2013

* COORDINATES 10.9 SOUTH 165.1 EAST

* DEPTH 21 MILES

* LOCATION SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED

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

TIME OBSERVED MAX

SITE OF MEASUREMENT TSUNAMI HEIGHT

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

LATA WHARF SOLOMON ISL 0131 UTC 02-06 03.4FT

HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE

TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT.

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

* MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE

PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT.

* REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

* PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...

WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

$$

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I still remember being on EUSWX for the 2004 Tsunami. That was absolutely insane, and it happened in the middle of the night after Christmas (I was obviously online). Things weren't as fast then as they are now (social media!) but it was clear it was bad--the morning really was when the destruction came to light, though.

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WEHW42 PHEB 060233

TIBHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-060433-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

433 PM HST TUE FEB 05 2013

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0312 PM HST 05 FEB 2013

COORDINATES - 10.9 SOUTH 165.1 EAST

LOCATION - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

MAGNITUDE - 8.0 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS

NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A

DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO

TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN AREAS NEAR THE EPICENTER

BUT IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

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MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

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

LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 0243Z 0.11M / 0.4FT 18MIN

DART 52406 5.3S 165.1E 0206Z 0.04M / 0.1FT 10MIN

DART 55012 15.8S 158.5E 0237Z 0.17M / 0.6FT 06MIN

LATA WHARF SB 10.7S 165.8E 0129Z 0.91M / 3.0FT 18MIN

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