ZCZC WECA41 PHEB 082038 TSUCAX TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 2038 UTC TUE MAY 08 2007 THIS MESSAGE IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE CARIBBEAN EXCEPT PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. A SEPARATE PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS CENTER FOR THOSE AREAS. ... A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA / JAMAICA / HAITI / BAHAMAS / TURKS N CAICOS / DOMINICAN REP / COLOMBIA / HONDURAS / MEXICO / ARUBA / BONAIRE / CURACAO / BELIZE / PANAMA / GUATEMALA / VENEZUELA / COSTA RICA / ANGUILLA / SAINT MARTIN / SAINT MAARTEN / NICARAGUA / SAINT KITTS AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 2028Z 08 MAY 2007 COORDINATES - 18.2 NORTH 76.4 WEST LOCATION - JAMAICA REGION MAGNITUDE - 7.6 EVALUATION EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI AND SOMETIMES A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL TSUNAMI ALONG COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS. HOWEVER - IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WATCH IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THE WATCH WILL NOT EXPAND TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CARIBBEAN UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED TO WARRANT SUCH AN EXPANSION. DUE TO ONLY LIMITED SEA LEVEL DATA FROM THE REGION IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS CENTER TO RAPIDLY CONFIRM NOR EVALUATE THE STRENGTH OF A TSUNAMI IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ CUBA SANTIAGO D CUBA 19.5N 76.0W 2038Z 08 MAY BARACOA 20.4N 74.5W 2057Z 08 MAY SANTA CRZ D SUR 20.7N 78.0W 2114Z 08 MAY GIBARA 21.5N 76.0W 2120Z 08 MAY CIENFUEGOS 22.0N 80.5W 2121Z 08 MAY NUEVA GERONA 21.9N 82.8W 2213Z 08 MAY LA HABANA 23.5N 82.5W 2229Z 08 MAY JAMAICA MONTEGO BAY 18.5N 77.9W 2041Z 08 MAY KINGSTON 17.5N 77.0W 2054Z 08 MAY HAITI JEREMIE 19.0N 74.0W 2056Z 08 MAY PORT-AU-PRINCE 18.0N 72.5W 2114Z 08 MAY CAP-HAITEN 19.8N 72.2W 2122Z 08 MAY BAHAMAS GREAT INAGUA 20.9N 73.7W 2108Z 08 MAY MAYAGUANA 22.3N 73.0W 2125Z 08 MAY CROOKED IS 22.7N 74.1W 2128Z 08 MAY SAN SALVADOR 24.1N 74.5W 2141Z 08 MAY ELEUTHERA IS 25.2N 76.1W 2159Z 08 MAY ABACO IS 26.6N 77.1W 2214Z 08 MAY NASSAU 25.1N 77.4W 2215Z 08 MAY FREEPORT 26.5N 78.8W 2242Z 08 MAY TURKS N CAICOS WEST CAICOS 21.7N 72.5W 2123Z 08 MAY GRAND TURK 21.5N 71.1W 2137Z 08 MAY DOMINICAN REP PUERTO PLATA 19.8N 70.7W 2133Z 08 MAY SANTO DOMINGO 18.0N 70.0W 2141Z 08 MAY CABO ENGANO 18.5N 68.0W 2206Z 08 MAY COLOMBIA RIOHACHA 12.0N 73.0W 2153Z 08 MAY SANTA MARTA 11.5N 74.0W 2154Z 08 MAY BARRANQUILLA 11.1N 74.9W 2159Z 08 MAY CARTAGENA 10.4N 75.6W 2208Z 08 MAY PUNTA CARIBANA 8.6N 76.9W 2238Z 08 MAY HONDURAS TRUJILLO 15.9N 86.0W 2204Z 08 MAY PUERTO CORTES 15.9N 88.0W 2214Z 08 MAY MEXICO COZUMEL 20.5N 87.0W 2206Z 08 MAY ARUBA ORANJESTAD 12.5N 70.0W 2210Z 08 MAY BONAIRE ONIMA 12.3N 68.3W 2214Z 08 MAY CURACAO WILLEMSTAD 12.1N 68.9W 2214Z 08 MAY BELIZE BELIZE CITY 17.5N 88.2W 2215Z 08 MAY PANAMA PUERTO CARRETO 8.8N 77.6W 2220Z 08 MAY COLON 9.4N 79.9W 2222Z 08 MAY BOCAS DEL TORO 9.4N 82.2W 2232Z 08 MAY GUATEMALA PUERTO BARRIOS 16.0N 88.5W 2232Z 08 MAY VENEZUELA MAIQUETIA 11.0N 67.0W 2238Z 08 MAY GOLFO VENEZUELA 11.4N 71.2W 2305Z 08 MAY PUNTO FIJO 11.5N 70.5W 2313Z 08 MAY COSTA RICA PUERTO LIMON 10.0N 83.0W 2241Z 08 MAY ANGUILLA THE VALLEY 18.3N 63.1W 2243Z 08 MAY SAINT MARTIN BAIE BLANCHE 18.1N 63.0W 2247Z 08 MAY SAINT MAARTEN SIMPSON BAAI 18.0N 63.1W 2247Z 08 MAY NICARAGUA PUNTA GORDA 11.5N 83.5W 2248Z 08 MAY PUERTO CABEZAS 14.0N 83.0W 0008Z 09 MAY SAINT KITTS BASSETERRE 17.3N 62.7W 2252Z 08 MAY THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PRODUCT ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. $$ NNNN