000 WEPA40 PHEB 311255 TSUPAC TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1255Z 31 AUG 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 INDONESIA / PHILIPPINES / BELAU / YAP / TAIWAN / JAPAN / GUAM / N. MARIANAS / PAPUA NEW GUINEA A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK / MARCUS IS. / KOSRAE / POHNPEI / MARSHALL IS. / WAKE IS. / SOLOMON IS. / RUSSIA / NAURU 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 - 1248Z 31 AUG 2012 COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH 127.1 EAST DEPTH - 33 KM LOCATION - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION 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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1335Z 31 AUG BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1353Z 31 AUG PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1419Z 31 AUG SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1438Z 31 AUG MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1447Z 31 AUG WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1450Z 31 AUG JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1538Z 31 AUG PHILIPPINES LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1338Z 31 AUG DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1340Z 31 AUG PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 1353Z 31 AUG BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1407Z 31 AUG YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 1417Z 31 AUG TAIWAN TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 1441Z 31 AUG HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 1446Z 31 AUG HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 1446Z 31 AUG CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1524Z 31 AUG JAPAN OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 1502Z 31 AUG SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 1605Z 31 AUG KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 1646Z 31 AUG KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 1746Z 31 AUG HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 1753Z 31 AUG GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 1517Z 31 AUG N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 1533Z 31 AUG PAPUA NEW GUINE VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1539Z 31 AUG WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1611Z 31 AUG MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1637Z 31 AUG MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1656Z 31 AUG KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1700Z 31 AUG RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1734Z 31 AUG KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1753Z 31 AUG AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1806Z 31 AUG LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1810Z 31 AUG CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1646Z 31 AUG MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 1649Z 31 AUG KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1740Z 31 AUG POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1744Z 31 AUG MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1756Z 31 AUG KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1811Z 31 AUG MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1843Z 31 AUG WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 1757Z 31 AUG SOLOMON IS. FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1804Z 31 AUG PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1809Z 31 AUG GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1837Z 31 AUG MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1854Z 31 AUG RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 1824Z 31 AUG NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1843Z 31 AUG BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH 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.