ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ SOLOMON IS. MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0832Z 27 MAY GHATERE 7.5S 159.0E 0846Z 27 MAY HONIARA 9.0S 160.0E 0911Z 27 MAY AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0917Z 27 MAY KIRAKIRA 10.0S 162.0E 0928Z 27 MAY VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 1027Z 27 MAY ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 1114Z 27 MAY NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 1121Z 27 MAY