TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0434Z 13 JAN 2007 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA. ... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS. A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI / CHUUK / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU / JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0423Z 13 JAN 2007 COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS MAGNITUDE - 8.4 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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ RUSSIA URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0456Z 13 JAN PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0539Z 13 JAN MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0551Z 13 JAN UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0551Z 13 JAN SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0552Z 13 JAN JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0539Z 13 JAN HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0614Z 13 JAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0627Z 13 JAN SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0746Z 13 JAN OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0847Z 13 JAN MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0717Z 13 JAN WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0813Z 13 JAN MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0817Z 13 JAN N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0839Z 13 JAN GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0902Z 13 JAN MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0912Z 13 JAN KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0944Z 13 JAN MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1001Z 13 JAN TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0924Z 13 JAN YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0935Z 13 JAN POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0937Z 13 JAN CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0939Z 13 JAN PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0945Z 13 JAN LAOAG 18.2N 120.6E 1003Z 13 JAN SAN FERNANDO 16.6N 120.3E 1026Z 13 JAN LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 13 JAN DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1040Z 13 JAN ZAMBOANGA 6.9N 122.1E 1136Z 13 JAN MANILA 14.6N 121.0E 1146Z 13 JAN ILOILO 10.7N 122.5E 1159Z 13 JAN PUERTO PRINCESA 9.8N 118.8E 1215Z 13 JAN KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0959Z 13 JAN BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1003Z 13 JAN JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 1008Z 13 JAN HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 1023Z 13 JAN HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 1041Z 13 JAN HILO 19.7N 155.1W 1058Z 13 JAN 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.