Tsunami Bulletin no. 010.

000 WEPA40 PHEB 111432 TSUPAC TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 010 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1432Z 11 MAR 2011 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. ... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR  JAPAN / RUSSIA  TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU /  POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /  NAURU / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HOWLAND-BAKER /  HAWAII / TUVALU / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / TOKELAU / JARVIS IS. /  WALLIS-FUTUNA / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / COOK ISLANDS / NIUE /  FIJI / NEW CALEDONIA / TONGA / MEXICO /  KERMADEC IS / FR. POLYNESIA / PITCAIRN /  GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / ANTARCTICA /  PANAMA / HONDURAS / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PERU 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 -  0546Z 11 MAR 2011  COORDINATES -  38.3 NORTH  142.4 EAST  DEPTH       -   24 KM  LOCATION    -  NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU  JAPAN  MAGNITUDE   -  8.9 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY  GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER  MANUS PG              2.0S 147.4E  1206Z   0.47M /  1.6FT  60MIN  LOMBRUM MANUS IS PG   2.0S 147.4E  1205Z   0.49M /  1.6FT  60MIN  BETIO TARAWA KI       1.4N 172.9E  1225Z   0.21M /  0.7FT  24MIN  NAURU                 0.5S 166.9E  1156Z   0.20M /  0.7FT  24MIN  NAWILIWILI KAUAI     22.0N 159.4W  1343Z   0.76M /  2.5FT  12MIN  HILO HAWAII          19.7N 155.1W  1342Z   1.04M /  3.4FT  60MIN  KAWAIHAE HAWAII      20.0N 155.8W  1333Z   0.92M /  3.0FT  52MIN  DART 51407           19.6N 156.5W  1337Z   0.15M /  0.5FT  14MIN  KAHULUI MAUI         20.9N 156.5W  1327Z   1.74M /  5.7FT  52MIN  KAUMALAPAU HAWAII    20.8N 156.9W  1340Z   0.31M /  1.0FT  12MIN  HONOLULU OAHU        21.3N 157.9W  1314Z   0.66M /  2.2FT  52MIN  BARBERS PT HI        21.3N 158.1W  1308Z   0.70M /  2.3FT  64MIN  TERN FR. FRIGATE US  23.9N 166.3W  1224Z   0.38M /  1.2FT  16MIN  JOHNSTON US          16.7N 169.5W  1206Z   0.20M /  0.7FT  72MIN  DART 52402           11.7N 154.2E  0931Z   0.29M /  0.9FT  22MIN  DART 46403           52.7N 156.9W  1127Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  60MIN  LEGASPI PH           13.1N 123.8E  1116Z   0.25M /  0.8FT  58MIN  KWAJALEIN MH          8.7N 167.7E  1111Z   0.55M /  1.8FT  48MIN  NIKOLSKI AK          52.9N 168.9W  1109Z   0.27M /  0.9FT  64MIN  HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J  43.3N 145.6E  0656Z   1.83M /  6.0FT  24MIN  MIDWAY               28.2N 177.4W  1048Z   1.27M /  4.2FT  12MIN  TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU  32.8N 133.0E  0946Z   0.84M /  2.8FT  28MIN  ADAK AK              51.9N 176.6W  1034Z   0.35M /  1.2FT  22MIN  YAP FM                9.5N 138.1E  1013Z   0.15M /  0.5FT  88MIN  DART 21415           50.2N 171.8E  0845Z   0.27M /  0.9FT  52MIN  WAKE US              19.3N 166.6E  0928Z   0.39M /  1.3FT  14MIN  NAHA OKINAWA JP      26.2N 127.7E  0901Z   0.25M /  0.8FT  60MIN  SAIPAN US            15.2N 145.7E  0916Z   0.65M /  2.1FT  30MIN  OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP   34.6N 138.2E  0818Z   1.42M /  4.6FT  56MIN  DART 21419           44.5N 155.7E  0716Z   0.40M /  1.3FT  20MIN  DART 21413           30.5N 152.1E  0659Z   0.76M /  2.5FT  32MIN  DART 21401           42.6N 152.6E  0643Z   0.67M /  2.2FT  40MIN  DART 21418           38.7N 148.7E  0619Z   1.08M /  3.5FT  06MIN  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.  NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY         ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL          MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION  SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED  WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. 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 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  YAP              YAP_IS.             9.5N 138.1E    0952Z 11 MAR  PHILIPPINES      PALANAN            17.1N 122.6E    1002Z 11 MAR                   LEGASPI            13.2N 123.8E    1033Z 11 MAR                   DAVAO               6.8N 125.7E    1100Z 11 MAR  MARSHALL IS.     ENIWETOK           11.4N 162.3E    1021Z 11 MAR                   KWAJALEIN           8.7N 167.7E    1053Z 11 MAR                   MAJURO              7.1N 171.4E    1132Z 11 MAR  BELAU            MALAKAL             7.3N 134.5E    1032Z 11 MAR  MIDWAY IS.       MIDWAY_IS.         28.2N 182.6E    1035Z 11 MAR  POHNPEI          POHNPEI_IS.         7.0N 158.2E    1036Z 11 MAR  CHUUK            CHUUK_IS.           7.4N 151.8E    1041Z 11 MAR  KOSRAE           KOSRAE_IS.          5.5N 163.0E    1051Z 11 MAR  INDONESIA        GEME                4.6N 126.8E    1057Z 11 MAR                   BEREBERE            2.5N 128.7E    1105Z 11 MAR                   WARSA               0.6S 135.8E    1117Z 11 MAR                   MANOKWARI           0.8S 134.2E    1125Z 11 MAR                   PATANI              0.4N 128.8E    1131Z 11 MAR                   JAYAPURA            2.4S 140.8E    1142Z 11 MAR                   SORONG              0.8S 131.1E    1143Z 11 MAR  PAPUA NEW GUINE  MANUS_IS.           2.0S 147.5E    1131Z 11 MAR                   KAVIENG             2.5S 150.7E    1132Z 11 MAR                   VANIMO              2.6S 141.3E    1142Z 11 MAR                   WEWAK               3.5S 143.6E    1154Z 11 MAR                   RABAUL              4.2S 152.3E    1202Z 11 MAR                   KIETA               6.1S 155.6E    1212Z 11 MAR                   AMUN                6.0S 154.7E    1219Z 11 MAR                   MADANG              5.2S 145.8E    1223Z 11 MAR                   LAE                 6.8S 147.0E    1301Z 11 MAR                   PORT_MORESBY        9.3S 146.9E    1437Z 11 MAR  NAURU            NAURU               0.5S 166.9E    1157Z 11 MAR  SOLOMON IS.      PANGGOE             6.9S 157.2E    1228Z 11 MAR                   FALAMAE             7.4S 155.6E    1230Z 11 MAR                   MUNDA               8.4S 157.2E    1247Z 11 MAR                   GHATERE             7.8S 159.2E    1256Z 11 MAR                   AUKI                8.8S 160.6E    1317Z 11 MAR                   HONIARA             9.3S 160.0E    1322Z 11 MAR                   KIRAKIRA           10.4S 161.9E    1326Z 11 MAR  KIRIBATI         TARAWA_IS.          1.5N 173.0E    1236Z 11 MAR                   KANTON_IS.          2.8S 188.3E    1337Z 11 MAR                   CHRISTMAS_IS.       2.0N 202.5E    1451Z 11 MAR                   MALDEN_IS.          3.9S 205.1E    1526Z 11 MAR                   FLINT_IS.          11.4S 208.2E    1621Z 11 MAR  HOWLAND-BAKER    HOWLAND_IS.         0.6N 183.4E    1251Z 11 MAR  HAWAII           NAWILIWILI         22.0N 200.6E    1307Z 11 MAR                   HONOLULU           21.3N 202.1E    1321Z 11 MAR                   KAHULUI            20.9N 203.5E    1327Z 11 MAR                   HILO               19.7N 204.9E    1346Z 11 MAR  TUVALU           FUNAFUTI_IS.        7.9S 178.5E    1338Z 11 MAR  PALMYRA IS.      PALMYRA_IS.         6.3N 197.6E    1354Z 11 MAR  VANUATU          ESPERITU_SANTO     15.1S 167.3E    1416Z 11 MAR                   ANATOM_IS.         20.2S 169.9E    1511Z 11 MAR  TOKELAU          NUKUNONU_IS.        9.2S 188.2E    1417Z 11 MAR  JARVIS IS.       JARVIS_IS.          0.4S 199.9E    1435Z 11 MAR  WALLIS-FUTUNA    WALLIS_IS.         13.3S 183.8E    1435Z 11 MAR                   FUTUNA_I.          14.3S 181.8E    1448Z 11 MAR  SAMOA            APIA               13.8S 188.2E    1453Z 11 MAR  AMERICAN SAMOA   PAGO_PAGO          14.3S 189.3E    1500Z 11 MAR  COOK ISLANDS     PUKAPUKA_IS.       10.8S 194.1E    1500Z 11 MAR                   PENRYN_IS.          8.9S 202.2E    1533Z 11 MAR                   RAROTONGA          21.2S 200.2E    1634Z 11 MAR  NIUE             NIUE_IS.           19.0S 190.0E    1535Z 11 MAR  FIJI             SUVA               18.1S 178.4E    1537Z 11 MAR  NEW CALEDONIA    NOUMEA             22.3S 166.5E    1538Z 11 MAR  TONGA            NUKUALOFA          21.0S 184.8E    1605Z 11 MAR  MEXICO           ENSENADA           31.8N 243.2E    1650Z 11 MAR                   PUNTA_ABREOJOS     26.7N 246.4E    1738Z 11 MAR                   CABO_SAN_LUCAS     22.8N 250.0E    1815Z 11 MAR                   SOCORRO            18.8N 249.0E    1825Z 11 MAR                   MAZATLAN           23.2N 253.6E    1904Z 11 MAR                   MANZANILLO         19.1N 255.7E    1930Z 11 MAR                   ACAPULCO           16.9N 260.1E    2005Z 11 MAR                   PUERTO_MADERO      14.8N 267.5E    2140Z 11 MAR  KERMADEC IS      RAOUL_IS.          29.2S 182.1E    1656Z 11 MAR  FR. POLYNESIA    PAPEETE            17.5S 210.4E    1714Z 11 MAR                   HIVA_OA            10.0S 221.0E    1753Z 11 MAR                   RIKITEA            23.1S 225.0E    1921Z 11 MAR  PITCAIRN         PITCAIRN_IS.       25.1S 229.9E    2008Z 11 MAR  GUATEMALA        SIPICATE           13.9N 268.8E    2156Z 11 MAR  EL SALVADOR      ACAJUTLA           13.6N 270.2E    2202Z 11 MAR  COSTA RICA       CABO_SAN_ELENA     10.9N 274.0E    2215Z 11 MAR                   PUERTO_QUEPOS       9.4N 275.8E    2241Z 11 MAR                   CABO_MATAPALO       8.4N 276.7E    2243Z 11 MAR  NICARAGUA        CORINTO            12.5N 272.8E    2223Z 11 MAR                   PUERTO_SANDINO     12.2N 273.2E    2229Z 11 MAR                   SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR    11.2N 274.1E    2239Z 11 MAR  ANTARCTICA       CAPE_ADARE         71.0S 170.0E    2230Z 11 MAR                   THURSTON_IS.       72.0S 260.0E    0129Z 12 MAR  PANAMA           PUNTA_BURICA        8.0N 277.1E    2254Z 11 MAR                   PUNTA_MALA          7.5N 280.0E    2340Z 11 MAR                   PUERTO_PINA         7.4N 282.0E    2350Z 11 MAR                   BALBOA_HTS.         9.0N 280.4E    0201Z 12 MAR  HONDURAS         AMAPALA            13.2N 272.4E    2259Z 11 MAR  CHILE            EASTER_IS.         27.1S 250.6E    2303Z 11 MAR                   ARICA              18.5S 289.7E    0251Z 12 MAR                   IQUIQUE            20.2S 289.9E    0256Z 12 MAR                   ANTOFAGASTA        23.3S 289.6E    0302Z 12 MAR                   CALDERA            27.1S 289.2E    0322Z 12 MAR                   GOLFO_DE_PENAS     47.1S 285.1E    0324Z 12 MAR                   COQUIMBO           29.9S 288.6E    0331Z 12 MAR                   VALPARAISO         33.0S 288.4E    0345Z 12 MAR                   CORRAL             39.8S 286.5E    0401Z 12 MAR                   TALCAHUANO         36.7S 286.9E    0407Z 12 MAR                   PUERTO_MONTT       41.5S 287.0E    0601Z 12 MAR                   PUERTO_WILLIAMS    54.8S 291.8E    0904Z 12 MAR                   PUNTA_ARENAS       53.2S 289.1E    1708Z 12 MAR  ECUADOR          BALTRA_IS.          0.5S 269.7E    2338Z 11 MAR                   ESMERELDAS          1.2N 280.2E    0009Z 12 MAR                   LA_LIBERTAD         2.2S 278.8E    0030Z 12 MAR  COLOMBIA         BAHIA_SOLANO        6.3N 282.6E    2353Z 11 MAR                   TUMACO              1.8N 281.1E    0018Z 12 MAR                   BUENAVENTURA        3.8N 282.8E    0036Z 12 MAR  PERU             TALARA              4.6S 278.5E    0041Z 12 MAR                   PIMENTAL            6.9S 280.0E    0145Z 12 MAR                   LA_PUNTA           12.1S 282.8E    0146Z 12 MAR                   CHIMBOTE            9.0S 281.2E    0152Z 12 MAR                   SAN_JUAN           15.3S 284.8E    0200Z 12 MAR                   MOLLENDO           17.1S 288.0E    0233Z 12 MAR BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION.  IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.