Scenario:  Initial issuance of a Tsunami Watch to the entire
State of Hawaii following a large earthquake off the coast of
Chile.  This is an upgrade to a previous Tsunami Advisory that
had been issued to the State of Hawaii for this event.


ZCZC 
WEHW40 PHEB 011850
TSUHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-012050-
/X.CAN.PHEB.TS.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/X.NEW.PHEB.TS.A.0004.090201T1850Z-000000T0000Z/

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   7
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
850 AM HST SUN FEB 01 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0850 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 1230 AM HST 01 FEB 2009
   COORDINATES - 37.1 SOUTH   74.2 WEST
   LOCATION    - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.4  MOMENT
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.3  RICHTER (MS)

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 SAN ANTONIO CL       33.6S  71.6W  1130Z   2.37M /  7.7FT  16MIN
 VALPARAISO CL        33.0S  71.6W  1141Z   1.29M /  4.2FT  14MIN
 JUAN FERNANDEZ       33.6S  78.8W  1150Z   0.88M /  2.9FT  18MIN
 COQUIMBO CL          29.9S  71.4W  1210Z   0.51M /  1.7FT  15MIN
 CALDERA CL           27.1S  70.8W  1215Z   0.20M /  0.6FT  14MIN
 SAN FELIX CL         26.3S  80.1W  1226Z   0.14M /  0.4FT  18MIN
 ANTOFAGASTA CL       23.6S  70.4W  1244Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  17MIN
 IQUIQUE CL           20.2S  70.2W  1258Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  19MIN
 SANTACRUZ GALAPAGOS   0.8S  90.3W  1658Z   0.21M /  0.7FT  22MIN
 BALTRA GALAPAGOS      0.4S  90.3W  1705Z   0.34M /  1.1FT  16MIN

 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.

EVALUATION

 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
 THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
 FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
 IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

 IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
 THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

                     0250 PM HST SUN 01 FEB 2009

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.


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