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Subject: This just in...
From: peaches@............ (Donna Whitaker)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:45:55 -1000 (HST)
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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