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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 1737Z 27 MAY ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 1831Z 27 MAY SOLOMON IS. KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 1805Z 27 MAY GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1845Z 27 MAY MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1848Z 27 MAY AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 1852Z 27 MAY HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 1852Z 27 MAY NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 1923Z 27 MAY