ZCZC WEPA40 PHEB 081908 TSUPAC TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1908Z 08 MAY 2007 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR 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 JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM / WAKE IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / CHUUK / POHNPEI / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / NAURU / KIRIBATI / JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN, IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME. THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE. ONLY NATIONAL OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATUS IN EACH AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 1848Z 08 MAY 2007 COORDINATES - 38.2 NORTH 143.1 EAST DEPTH - 47 KM LOCATION - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.2 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. 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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ JAPAN HACHINOHE 40.5N 142.0E 1932Z 08 MAY KUSHIRO 42.5N 144.5E 1933Z 08 MAY KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 1934Z 08 MAY SHIMIZU 32.5N 133.0E 2047Z 08 MAY OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 2148Z 08 MAY RUSSIA URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 2016Z 08 MAY PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 2123Z 08 MAY SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 2130Z 08 MAY UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 2148Z 08 MAY MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 2150Z 08 MAY MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 2055Z 08 MAY N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 2159Z 08 MAY GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 2216Z 08 MAY WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 2223Z 08 MAY TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 122.0E 2234Z 08 MAY YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 2252Z 08 MAY PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 2253Z 08 MAY LEGASPI 13.5N 124.0E 2312Z 08 MAY DAVAO 6.5N 126.0E 2339Z 08 MAY MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 2256Z 08 MAY KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 2341Z 08 MAY MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0010Z 09 MAY CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 2258Z 08 MAY POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 2312Z 08 MAY BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 2316Z 08 MAY MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 2325Z 08 MAY KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 2340Z 08 MAY INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 2346Z 08 MAY BEREBERE 2.5N 129.0E 2356Z 08 MAY PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0022Z 09 MAY WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0022Z 09 MAY MANOKWARI 1.0S 134.5E 0032Z 09 MAY JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0042Z 09 MAY SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0045Z 09 MAY PAPUA NEW GUINE KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0025Z 09 MAY MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 0029Z 09 MAY VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0040Z 09 MAY RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0044Z 09 MAY WEWAK 3.5S 144.0E 0053Z 09 MAY AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0109Z 09 MAY KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0112Z 09 MAY MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0112Z 09 MAY LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0150Z 09 MAY PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0308Z 09 MAY NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0043Z 09 MAY KIRIBATI TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 0056Z 09 MAY KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 0224Z 09 MAY CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 0337Z 09 MAY MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 0412Z 09 MAY FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 0506Z 09 MAY JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0059Z 09 MAY HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 0153Z 09 MAY HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 0207Z 09 MAY HILO 20.0N 155.0W 0228Z 09 MAY 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 BULLETINS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA. NNNN