TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 006 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0158Z 02 APR 2007 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA. NOTE: AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS SHOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED ... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOLOMON IS. / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / VANUATU / NEW CALEDONIA / NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA / TUVALU / KIRIBATI / FIJI / KERMADEC IS / NEW ZEALAND FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 2040Z 01 APR 2007 COORDINATES - 8.6 SOUTH 157.2 EAST LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS MAGNITUDE - 8.1 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- MANUS PG 2.0S 147.4E 0040Z 0.09M = 0.3FT 40MIN VANUATU VU 17.8S 168.3E 0114Z 0.14M = 0.5FT 28MIN HONIARA SB 9.4S 160.0E 2308Z 0.20M = 0.6FT 62MIN LAT - LATITUDE (N=NORTH, S=SOUTH) LON - LONGITUDE (E=EAST, W=WEST) TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z = UTC = GREENWICH TIME) AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL. IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT. 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. NOTE: PTWC HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF TSUNAMI RELATED FATALITIES IN SOUTHEAST PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. EVALUATION SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ SOLOMON IS. MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 2039Z 01 APR FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 2103Z 01 APR PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 2120Z 01 APR HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 2121Z 01 APR GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 2122Z 01 APR AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 2134Z 01 APR KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2140Z 01 APR PAPUA NEW GUINE AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 2124Z 01 APR KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 2133Z 01 APR RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 2145Z 01 APR LAE 6.8S 147.0E 2218Z 01 APR KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 2223Z 01 APR MADANG 5.2S 146.0E 2241Z 01 APR PORT MORESBY 9.5S 147.0E 2254Z 01 APR MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 2259Z 01 APR WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 2325Z 01 APR VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 2350Z 01 APR VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2236Z 01 APR ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2322Z 01 APR NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 2338Z 01 APR AUSTRALIA CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 2349Z 01 APR BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0033Z 02 APR SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0114Z 02 APR GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0139Z 02 APR MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0144Z 02 APR HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 0245Z 02 APR TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 2359Z 01 APR KIRIBATI TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 0007Z 02 APR KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 0121Z 02 APR CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 0325Z 02 APR MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 0336Z 02 APR FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 0408Z 02 APR FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0038Z 02 APR KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 0131Z 02 APR NEW ZEALAND NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0138Z 02 APR EAST CAPE 37.5S 178.5E 0214Z 02 APR AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 0238Z 02 APR GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0247Z 02 APR MILFORD SOUND 44.5S 167.8E 0249Z 02 APR NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0310Z 02 APR NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 0316Z 02 APR WESTPORT 41.8S 171.2E 0332Z 02 APR AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 0332Z 02 APR WELLINGTON 41.5S 174.8E 0333Z 02 APR BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 0351Z 02 APR NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 0426Z 02 APR LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 0439Z 02 APR DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 0506Z 02 APR 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.