7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 8.1 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)

Date-Time Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 22:03:13 UTC
Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 09:03:13 AM at epicenter

Location 12.280°S, 166.280°E

Depth 33 km (20.5 miles) set by location program

Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

Distances 373 km (232 miles) NNW (346°) from Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu
646 km (401 miles) NNW (340°) from PORT-VILA, Vanuatu
2106 km (1309 miles) E (100°) from PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt09280003.php

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 8.1 earthquake - Santa Cruz Islands,

Re: 8.1 earthquake - Santa Cruz Islands,

This was preceeded by an 6.7 earthquake i the Celebres that was extremely deep - 582.8 km (362.2 miles).

See: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mlcb.php

.

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 8.1 earthquake - Santa Cruz Islands,

Re: 8.1 earthquake - Santa Cruz Islands,

locations:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Australia.php

.

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

This one's in/near a trench - tsunami possible.

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AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

WEHW40 PHEB 072218
TSUHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-080018-
/O.NEW.PHEB.TS.Y.0004.091007T2218Z-000000T0000Z/

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1218 PM HST WED OCT 07 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 1217 PM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1203 PM HST 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.0 MOMENT

EVALUATION

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC
WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL
TIME IS

0650 PM HST WED 07 OCT 2009

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
...SP...

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/tsunami_msgs/HEBTSUHWX.200910080018

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

The Celebres Sea (extremely deep away from any trench) will not generate a tsunami.

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2150Z 07 OCT 2009

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 2141Z 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 4.0 NORTH 122.8 EAST
DEPTH - 595 KM
LOCATION - CELEBES SEA
MAGNITUDE - 6.8
EVALUATION

THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC. NO DESTRUCTIVE
TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS IN THE PACIFIC OR ELSEWHERE BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2009/pacific.2009.10.07.215002.txt

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

7.3 aftershock....and fairly shallow.

This situation may generate several tsunami's like Samoa.

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.3

Date-Time Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 22:18:43 UTC
Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 09:18:43 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 13.684?S, 164.709?E

Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program

Region VANUATU REGION

Distances 330 km (205 miles) NW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
350 km (215 miles) SSW of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
590 km (365 miles) NW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
1950 km (1210 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mlci.php

Rwilmer · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 earthquake - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Thank you very much Denise for tracking all of these earthquakes.

Treyfish · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

New Caledonia evacuating some areas for tsunami
07 Oct 2009 23:08:41 GMT
Source: Reuters

SYDNEY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Authorities in the pacific island of New Caledonia are evacuating people from the island's eastern shore and from the nearby Loyalty Islands to higher ground after a tsunami warning triggered by an earthquake near Vanuatu.
A police spokesman in the French territory's capital of Noumea said they expect waves to hit the coastline at 11:15 a.m. (0015 GMT). :tiphat:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYU007346.htm

Treyfish · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Tsunami warning announced for Pacific Islands, NZ on watch

NBR staff | Thursday October 8 2009 - 12:10pm
Another tsunami alert has been raised in the South Pacific, with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu generating a regional tsunami warning for the area.
The quake was 373 kilometres north of Santo and struck at a depth of 33 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
Although it is still not known if a tsunami has been generated, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the warning based on the size of the earthquake.
The warning covers Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Kosrae, Wallis-Futunua and Howland-Baker.
But the tsunami watch is also in effect for New Zealand, Australia, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, Kermadec Island, Pohnpei, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, Chuuk, Indonesia, Wake Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Island, Guam. N. Marianas, Johnston Island, Yap, Marcus Island, and Belaus. :tiphat:http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/tsunami-warning-announced-pacific-islands-nz-watch-112719

liam · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2009/10/07/495299/01/ttvu495299-01.jpg

Sally Furniss · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Tsunami warning announced for Pacific Islands, NZ on watch
NBR staff | Thursday October 8 2009 - 12:10pm

Another tsunami alert has been raised in the South Pacific, with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu generating a regional tsunami warning for the area.

The quake was 373 kilometres north of Santo and struck at a depth of 33 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.

Although it is still not known if a tsunami has been generated, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the warning based on the size of the earthquake.

The warning covers Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Kosrae, Wallis-Futunua and Howland-Baker.

But the tsunami watch is also in effect for New Zealand, Australia, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, Kermadec Island, Pohnpei, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, Chuuk, Indonesia, Wake Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Island, Guam. N. Marianas, Johnston Island, Yap, Marcus Island, and Belaus.

Should a tsunami reach New Zealand, it will hit at the following times:

North Cape - 2.34pm
East Cape - 3.16pm
Auckland (West) - 3.33pm
Gisborne 3.49pm
New Plymouth 4.10pm
Auckland (East) 4.14pm
Napier 4.29pm
Milford Sound 4.35pm
Wellington 4.39pm
Westport 4.50pm

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/tsunami-warning-announced-pacific-islands-nz-watch-112719

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2336Z 07 OCT 2009

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO 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

VANUATU / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /
NEW CALEDONIA / FIJI / KIRIBATI / KOSRAE / WALLIS-FUTUNA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / MARSHALL IS. / TOKELAU / KERMADEC IS / POHNPEI /
NEW ZEALAND / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA /
NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / CHUUK / INDONESIA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

WAKE IS. / JARVIS IS. / PALMYRA IS. / GUAM / N. MARIANAS /
JOHNSTON IS. / YAP / MARCUS IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /
FR. POLYNESIA / HAWAII / PHILIPPINES

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 2203Z 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.0

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
LUGANVILLE, VANUATU 15.5S 167.2E 2312Z 0.04M / 0.2FT 6 MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
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.

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 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.

Code:

LOCATION         FORECAST POINT     COORDINATES     ARRIVAL TIME
 --------------------------------    ------------    ------------
 VANUATU          ESPERITU SANTO     15.1S 167.3E    2231Z 07 OCT
                  ANATOM IS.         20.2S 169.9E    2324Z 07 OCT
 SOLOMON IS.      KIRAKIRA           10.4S 161.9E    2248Z 07 OCT
                  GHATERE             7.8S 159.2E    2328Z 07 OCT
                  MUNDA               8.4S 157.2E    2332Z 07 OCT
                  HONIARA             9.3S 160.0E    2336Z 07 OCT
                  AUKI                8.8S 160.6E    2336Z 07 OCT
                  PANGGOE             6.9S 157.2E    2346Z 07 OCT
                  FALAMAE             7.4S 155.6E    2348Z 07 OCT
 NAURU            NAURU               0.5S 166.9E    0003Z 08 OCT
 PAPUA NEW GUINE  KIETA               6.1S 155.6E    0005Z 08 OCT
                  AMUN                6.0S 154.7E    0007Z 08 OCT
                  RABAUL              4.2S 152.3E    0033Z 08 OCT
                  LAE                 6.8S 147.0E    0059Z 08 OCT
                  KAVIENG             2.5S 150.7E    0107Z 08 OCT
                  PORT MORESBY        9.3S 146.9E    0123Z 08 OCT
                  MADANG              5.2S 145.8E    0125Z 08 OCT
                  MANUS IS.           2.0S 147.5E    0145Z 08 OCT
                  WEWAK               3.5S 143.6E    0208Z 08 OCT
                  VANIMO              2.6S 141.3E    0229Z 08 OCT
 TUVALU           FUNAFUTI IS.        7.9S 178.5E    0013Z 08 OCT
 NEW CALEDONIA    NOUMEA             22.3S 166.5E    0015Z 08 OCT
 FIJI             SUVA               18.1S 178.4E    0037Z 08 OCT
 KIRIBATI         TARAWA IS.          1.5N 173.0E    0037Z 08 OCT
                  KANTON IS.          2.8S 171.7W    0132Z 08 OCT
                  CHRISTMAS IS.       2.0N 157.5W    0336Z 08 OCT
                  MALDEN IS.          3.9S 154.9W    0344Z 08 OCT
                  FLINT IS.          11.4S 151.8W    0414Z 08 OCT
 KOSRAE           KOSRAE IS.          5.5N 163.0E    0056Z 08 OCT
 WALLIS-FUTUNA    WALLIS IS.         13.2S 176.2W    0103Z 08 OCT
 HOWLAND-BAKER    HOWLAND IS.         0.6N 176.6W    0112Z 08 OCT
 MARSHALL IS.     MAJURO              7.1N 171.4E    0120Z 08 OCT
                  KWAJALEIN           8.7N 167.7E    0123Z 08 OCT
                  ENIWETOK           11.4N 162.3E    0149Z 08 OCT
 TOKELAU          NUKUNONU IS.        9.2S 171.8W    0125Z 08 OCT
 KERMADEC IS      RAOUL IS.          29.2S 177.9W    0129Z 08 OCT
 POHNPEI          POHNPEI IS.         7.0N 158.2E    0129Z 08 OCT
 NEW ZEALAND      NORTH CAPE         34.4S 173.3E    0134Z 08 OCT
                  EAST CAPE          37.7S 178.5E    0216Z 08 OCT
                  AUCKLAND(W)        37.1S 174.2E    0233Z 08 OCT
                  GISBORNE           38.7S 178.0E    0249Z 08 OCT
                  NEW PLYMOUTH       39.1S 174.1E    0310Z 08 OCT
                  AUCKLAND(E)        36.7S 175.0E    0314Z 08 OCT
                  NAPIER             39.5S 176.9E    0329Z 08 OCT
                  MILFORD SOUND      44.6S 167.9E    0335Z 08 OCT
                  WELLINGTON         41.3S 174.8E    0339Z 08 OCT
                  WESTPORT           41.8S 171.6E    0350Z 08 OCT
                  NELSON             41.3S 173.3E    0418Z 08 OCT
                  LYTTELTON          43.6S 172.7E    0444Z 08 OCT
                  BLUFF              46.6S 168.3E    0453Z 08 OCT
                  DUNEDIN            45.9S 170.5E    0519Z 08 OCT
 SAMOA            APIA               13.8S 171.8W    0141Z 08 OCT
 AMERICAN SAMOA   PAGO PAGO          14.3S 170.7W    0152Z 08 OCT
 TONGA            NUKUALOFA          21.0S 175.2W    0152Z 08 OCT
 AUSTRALIA        BRISBANE           27.2S 153.3E    0155Z 08 OCT
                  CAIRNS             16.7S 145.8E    0204Z 08 OCT
                  SYDNEY             33.9S 151.4E    0228Z 08 OCT
                  GLADSTONE          23.8S 151.4E    0301Z 08 OCT
                  MACKAY             21.1S 149.3E    0322Z 08 OCT
                  HOBART             43.3S 147.6E    0355Z 08 OCT
 NIUE             NIUE IS.           19.0S 170.0W    0211Z 08 OCT
 COOK ISLANDS     PUKAPUKA IS.       10.8S 165.9W    0216Z 08 OCT
                  PENRYN IS.          8.9S 157.8W    0323Z 08 OCT
                  RAROTONGA          21.2S 159.8W    0325Z 08 OCT
 CHUUK            CHUUK IS.           7.4N 151.8E    0217Z 08 OCT
 INDONESIA        JAYAPURA            2.4S 140.8E    0233Z 08 OCT
                  WARSA               0.6S 135.8E    0316Z 08 OCT
                  MANOKWARI           0.8S 134.2E    0336Z 08 OCT
                  SORONG              0.8S 131.1E    0404Z 08 OCT
                  BEREBERE            2.5N 128.7E    0423Z 08 OCT
                  PATANI              0.4N 128.8E    0437Z 08 OCT
                  GEME                4.6N 126.8E    0443Z 08 OCT
 WAKE IS.         WAKE IS.           19.3N 166.6E    0250Z 08 OCT
 JARVIS IS.       JARVIS IS.          0.4S 160.1W    0307Z 08 OCT
 PALMYRA IS.      PALMYRA IS.         6.3N 162.4W    0313Z 08 OCT
 GUAM             GUAM               13.4N 144.7E    0320Z 08 OCT
 N. MARIANAS      SAIPAN             15.3N 145.8E    0323Z 08 OCT
 JOHNSTON IS.     JOHNSTON IS.       16.7N 169.5W    0325Z 08 OCT
 YAP              YAP IS.             9.5N 138.1E    0330Z 08 OCT
 MARCUS IS.       MARCUS IS.         24.3N 154.0E    0342Z 08 OCT
 BELAU            MALAKAL             7.3N 134.5E    0344Z 08 OCT
 MIDWAY IS.       MIDWAY IS.         28.2N 177.4W    0425Z 08 OCT
 FR. POLYNESIA    PAPEETE            17.5S 149.6W    0440Z 08 OCT
 HAWAII           NAWILIWILI         22.0N 159.4W    0450Z 08 OCT
                  HONOLULU           21.3N 157.9W    0459Z 08 OCT
                  HILO               19.7N 155.1W    0511Z 08 OCT
 PHILIPPINES      DAVAO               6.8N 125.7E    0458Z 08 OCT

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2009/pacific.2009.10.07.233404.txt

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami warning - read times & locations below

Bulletin
tsunami message number 2
nws pacific tsunami warning center ewa beach hi
136 pm hst wed oct 07 2009

to - civil defense in the state of hawaii

subject - tsunami watch

a tsunami watch is issued for the state of hawaii effective at
0136 pm hst.

An earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters

origin time - 1203 pm hst 07 oct 2009
coordinates - 13.0 south 166.3 east
location - vanuatu islands
magnitude - 8.0 moment

measurements or reports of tsunami wave activity

gauge location lat lon time ampl per
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
luganville, vanuatu 15.5s 167.2e 2312z 0.04m / 0.2ft 6 min

lat - latitude (n-north, s-south)
lon - longitude (e-east, w-west)
time - time of the measurement (z is utc is greenwich time)
ampl - tsunami amplitude measured relative to normal sea level.
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.

Evaluation

based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by
this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even
far from the epicenter. An investigation is underway to determine
if there is a tsunami threat to hawaii.

if tsunami waves impact hawaii the estimated earliest arrival of
the first tsunami wave is

0650 pm hst wed 07 oct 2009

messages will be issued hourly or sooner as conditions warrant.

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED - read times & locations below

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0018Z 08 OCT 2009

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH CANCELLATION ...

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND/OR WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

VANUATU / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /
NEW CALEDONIA / FIJI / KIRIBATI / KOSRAE / WALLIS-FUTUNA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / MARSHALL IS. / TOKELAU / KERMADEC IS / POHNPEI /
NEW ZEALAND / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA /
NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / CHUUK / INDONESIA / WAKE IS. /
JARVIS IS. / PALMYRA IS. / GUAM / N. MARIANAS / JOHNSTON IS. /
YAP / MARCUS IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. / FR. POLYNESIA / HAWAII /
PHILIPPINES
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 2203Z 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.8

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
VANUATU VU 17.8S 168.3E 2320Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 24MIN
DART CORAL 55012 15.8S 158.5E 2326Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 10MIN
LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 2327Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 20MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
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.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
THOSE 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.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS ALTHOUGH SOME
MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. FOR ALL AREAS COVERED BY
THIS CENTER...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELLED.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2009/pacific.2009.10.08.001219.txt

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED - read times & locations below

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED - read times & locations below

Big Quakes in Vanuatu

Wednesday October 7, 2009

A pair of major earthquakes has struck the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. The first event (at 9:03 am Thursday local time) had a tentative magnitude of 7.8, according to its dedicated USGS page. It was a typical subduction-related thrust event, unlike last week's Samoa earthquake, which was in the bending slab outboard from the subduction zone. Also, it was on a different plate boundary, so they were not related beyond the tenuous, unpredictable sense in which distant large events can slightly tweak a fault zone and speed up its inevitable failure.

A tsunami about half a meter high was reported in Vanuatu, but alerts around the Pacific were canceled.

A particularly large aftershock of magnitude 7.1 followed at 10:13, presumably with the same mechanism. When you look at the maps of the mainshock and this event, keep in mind that the subducting plate is moving eastward, opposite to the case of the Samoan quake. (News agencies are reporting a 7.3 aftershock only 10 minutes after the mainshock. That was a false alarm that was withdrawn after review by a seismologist.)

Aftershocks have a small but finite chance of being bigger than the preceding event. In that case, they might well be called the mainshock and the first event renamed a foreshock.

http://geology.about.com/b/2009/10/07/big-quakes-in-vanuatu.htm

AlaskaDenise · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED

Earthquakes rock South Pacific

(CNN) -- Three major earthquakes struck within an hour and 10 minutes Thursday morning near Vanuatu in the South Pacific, prompting a tsunami warning that was quickly lifted, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The first quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck at 9:03 a.m. (6:03 p.m. ET) at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) and an epicenter 295 km (180 miles) north-northwest of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.

A second quake, with a magnitude of 7.7, struck 15 minutes later at the same depth and an epicenter of 340 km (210 miles) north-northwest of Luganville.

The third quake, with a magnitude of 7.1, struck at 10:13 a.m. (7:13 p.m. ET) at about the same depth and an epicenter of 280 km (175 miles) north-northwest of Luganville.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued and then quickly lifted a regional tsunami warning and watch for parts of the Pacific near the first earthquake's epicenter.

The first data from a buoy at Luganville on Vanuatu detected a tsunami wave of 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) at Luganville on Vanuatu, said Victor Sardina, a geophysicist with the center. Have you been affected? Share photos, video on iReport

A second pulse of the wave was 10 centimeters (3.9 inches), he said. "It looks like a very small wave," he told CNN in a telephone interview.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, Sardina said.

Still, he added, "What we advise is that people living in the coastal area [of nearby islands] just get away from the seashore and go inland until we get data that the danger has passed."

The center also issued a tsunami advisory for Hawaii, and said further evaluation of the event could see the threat alert elevated.

The earthquake near Vanuatu was unlikely to cause a tsunami that will pose a threat to New Zealand, New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management told CNN affiliate TV New Zealand.

Authorities in New Caledonia were evacuating people from the island's eastern shore and from the nearby Loyalty Islands to higher ground after the tsunami warning, the station reported.

Police said the French territory's capital of Noumea was expecting waves to hit the coastline.

Authorities had issued a tsunami alert on television and radio and asked people in low-lying coastal areas to evacuate to higher ground, said the manager at the Hotel Le Paris. She said she felt the shake but had not seen any damage.

On Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, dive-shop owner Rehan Syed said he was aware of no reports of damages or injuries.

"We have the sun out and winds are pretty normal," he told CNN. "Pretty cloudy skies but nothing more than that."

"We felt the quake (my chair and my keyboard moved) but did not take too much notice as we live with shakes every week," said John Nicholls of Vanuatu Hotels in an e-mail.

At the New Caledonia Hotel, guests were evacuated to higher ground, General Manager Torani George told CNN, adding that he had felt "nothing, nothing at all."

"There is no panic, nothing," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/solomon.islands.earthquake/

Niko · Oct 7, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/165_-15_eqs.php

Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 15?S, 165?E

Update time = Thu Oct 8 01:43:19 UTC 2009

Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 15?S, 165?E. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr> <th>
</th> <th align="center">MAG </th> <th align="center">UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s </th> <th align="center">LAT
deg </th> <th align="center">LON
deg </th> <th align="center">DEPTH
km </th> <th> Region</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/08 01:08:36 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -12.802</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.242 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/08 00:22:05 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -13.280</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.135 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.7</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/07 23:48:52 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -13.489</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.408 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 29.5 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/07 23:13:49 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -13.145</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.297 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 33.3 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.7</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/07 22:18:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -12.554</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.320 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/07 22:03:15 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -13.052</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.187 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/07 05:08:56 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -13.615</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 165.942 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.6</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/05 17:03:29 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -18.776</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 169.223 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 250.2 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2009/10/01 20:55:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -12.291</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 166.430 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 85.5 </td> <td> SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

</td></tr></tbody></table>

AlaskaDenise · Oct 8, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED

update on Vanuatu aftershocks:

Code:

MAP [B] 5.1[/B]   2009/10/08 06:07:14   -11.459    165.497  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP  [B]5.0   2009/10/08 05:25:16    53.241    159.708  43.6   NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA [/B]MAP  5.1   2009/10/08 04:38:51   -12.981    166.069  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP  [B]5.3[/B]   2009/10/08 04:17:54   -13.031    165.983  35.0   VANUATU 
MAP  [B]5.2[/B]   2009/10/08 03:40:56   -12.787    165.792  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP  [B]6.6[/B]   2009/10/08 02:12:39   -11.650    166.170  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP  [B]5.8   [/B]2009/10/08 01:59:20   -11.923    165.892  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP [B] 5.1[/B]   2009/10/08 01:31:01   -13.308    166.440  35.0   VANUATU 
MAP  [B]5.4 [/B]  2009/10/08 01:08:37   -12.802    166.242  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP  [B]5.2 [/B]  2009/10/08 00:22:05   -13.280    166.135  35.0   VANUATU 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAP  [B]5.7 [/B]  2009/10/07 23:48:53   -13.489    166.408  29.5   VANUATU 
MAP  5.3   2009/10/07 23:38:09   -16.639   -172.473  10.0   SAMOA ISLANDS REGION 
MAP  [B]7.3[/B]   2009/10/07 23:13:49   -13.145    166.297  33.3   VANUATU 
MAP  7.7   2009/10/07 22:18:26   -12.554    166.320  35.0   SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 
MAP  [B]7.8[/B]   2009/10/07 22:03:16   -13.052    166.187  35.0   VANUATU 
MAP  6.7   2009/10/07 21:41:15    4.043    122.584  582.8   CELEBES SEA

The new 5.0 earthquake off the east coast of Kamchatka is about 40 miles due east of the active Koryaksky volcano. Latest Russian volcano update:

KORYAKSKY VOLCANO; 53?19'N, 158?43'E; Elevation 3,456 m
CURRENT AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW

Activity of the volcano continues and gas-steam plumes and possible ash plumes could affect low-flying aircraft.

Seismicity didn't exceeded background levels all week. Moderate fumarolic activity of the volcano sometimes with weak emissions of ash was observed on September 28-30 and October 01. According to satellite data, the volcano was quiet.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/krk/index.html

http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/updates.shtml

There are photos from 27 Aug 09 at the link in purple.

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AlaskaDenise · Oct 8, 2009

Re: 7.8 EQ & 7.3 aftershock - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands - tsunami WARNING CANCELLED

There were just 2 major aftershocks:

MAP 6.1 2009/10/08 08:34:37 -12.284 166.568 35.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 7.0 2009/10/08 08:28:49 -13.298 165.951 35.0 VANUATU

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

The 7.0 is right in the trench. Hopefully, it won't generate a tsunami.

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