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Powerful 7.3 Quake Hits Off Coast of New Zealand

Re: Powerful 7.3 Quake Hits Off Coast of New Zealand

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWSISSUED AT 1534Z 29 SEP 2008
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFICOCEAN 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.
ONLYNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKEDECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA ANDANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 1519Z 29 SEP 2008 COORDINATES - 30.1 SOUTH 176.8 WEST DEPTH - 7 KM LOCATION - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 6.9

EVALUATION NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.
AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESSADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTSFOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
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http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2008/pacific.2008.09.29.153358.txt
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Re: Powerful 7.3 Quake Hits Off Coast of New Zealand

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

534 AM HST MON SEP 29 2008TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAIISUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATIONTHIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0519 AM HST 29 SEP 2008
COORDINATES - 30.1 SOUTH 176.8 WEST LOCATION - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 6.9 MOMENT

EVALUATION BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

REPEAT. A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESSADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.
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http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2008/hawaii.2008.09.29.153452.txt
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Re: Powerful 7.3 Quake Hits Off Coast of New Zealand

Earthquake Details

<TABLE id=parameters summary="Earthquake Details"><TBODY><TR><TH>Magnitude</TH><TD>7.0</TD></TR><TR><TH>Date-Time</TH><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location</TH><TD>29.860?S, 177.653?W</TD></TR><TR><TH>Depth</TH><TD>20.1 km (12.5 miles) set by location program</TD></TR><TR><TH>Region</TH><TD>KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND</TD></TR><TR><TH>Distances</TH><TD>70 km (45 miles) SSE of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
210 km (130 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
1050 km (650 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1440 km (890 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location Uncertainty</TH><TD>horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location program</TD></TR><TR><TH>Parameters</TH><TD>NST=239, Nph=239, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 32?,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7</TD></TR><TR><TH>Source</TH><TD>
  • USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Event ID</TH><TD>us2008xna6</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008xna6.php#details
 
Re: Powerful 7.3 Quake Hits Off Coast of New Zealand

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, New Zealand's GNS Science geological agency said.

New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense issued no tsunami warning following the quake, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin on its Web site that "no destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data" for the Kermadec area.

The Hong Kong Observatory said the quake was centered about 630 miles south-southwest of Nuku'alofa, Tonga and was recorded in Hong Kong at 1532 GMT Monday, or 4:19 a.m. Tuesday New Zealand time.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.0 and said its depth was 12.5 miles.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center noted quakes of this magnitude "sometimes generate local tsunami that can be destructive along coasts within 100 kilometers (60 miles) of the earthquake epicenter."

Only the Kermadec's Raoul Island is inhabited, with up to six New Zealand Department of Conservation workers living there at any time.



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