From the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach.

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 08 SEP, 1926 UTC

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA.

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

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR:
  BELAU, YAP, CHUUK, GUAM, POHNPEI, N. MARIANAS, KOSRAE

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR:
  MARSHALL IS., PHILIPPINES, NAURU, MARCUS IS., WAKE IS., JAPAN,
  TAIWAN, NEW CALEDONIA

FOR OTHER AREAS IN THE PACIFIC, THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE, PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.6, OCCURRED 08 SEP, 1844 UTC.
COORDINATES:  LATITUDE  3.3 SOUTH,  LONGITUDE 143.1 EAST
VICINITY:  NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG..

EVALUATION: IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED.
THIS WARNING AND WATCH ARE BASED ONLY ON EARTHQUAKE
EVALUATION.

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL AT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE
WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE:

 BELAU            MALAKAL         2056Z 08 SEP
 YAP              YAP IS.         2101Z 08 SEP
 CHUUK            CHUUK IS.       2109Z 08 SEP
 GUAM             GUAM            2131Z 08 SEP
 POHNPEI          POHNPEI IS.     2146Z 08 SEP
 N. MARIANAS      SAIPAN          2148Z 08 SEP
 KOSRAE           KOSRAE IS.      2224Z 08 SEP
 MARSHALL IS.     ENIWETOK        2233Z 08 SEP
                  KWAJALEIN       2306Z 08 SEP
                  MAJURO          2336Z 08 SEP
 PHILIPPINES      LEGASPI         2259Z 08 SEP
 NAURU            NAURU           2302Z 08 SEP
 MARCUS IS.       MARCUS IS       2311Z 08 SEP
 WAKE IS.         WAKE IS.        2331Z 08 SEP
 JAPAN            OKINAWA         2340Z 08 SEP
                  SHIMIZU         0038Z 09 SEP
 TAIWAN           HUALIEN         2344Z 08 SEP
 NEW CALEDONIA    NOUMEA          0026Z 09 SEP

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

RECIPIENTS OF THIS MESSAGE LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON,
WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER ONLY
TO ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION
ABOUT ANY TSUNAMI THREAT IN THOSE AREAS.



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