Another Tsunami warning

[WuZards-Eugene]

The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management have released a National Advisory Tsunami Potential Threat to NZ


The information we have at this time is:
Tsunami advisory in effect:
There is a potential threat of a tsunami impacting on New Zealand coastlines.
This tsunami advisory will remain in effect until either the advisory is upgraded to a warning or a cancellation message is issued by the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management.
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Earthquake parameters:
Location: VANUATU ISLANDS
Time and date: 2203Z 07/10/09
NZ time: 12.03 NZDT 08/10/09
Co-ordinates: 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
Depth: 33 KM
Magnitude: 8.0
The above magnitude is provisional and may be adjusted as more seismic data becomes available.

[WuZards-Eugene]

Hope nobody is on holiday in vanuatu

[R6_kid:Me]

Looks like something serious is bubbling up under the ring of fire!

[kevfromcoro]

Another one... whats going on?

IS it heading this way?

i guess not.. otherwise it would be all over the news

[Ixion]

Another one... whats going on?

IS it heading this way?

i guess not.. otherwise it would be all over the news

Apparently. And it IS all over the news

Boooorrrring Nothing will come of it, they are always false alarms.

[laserracer]

now watch all the silly twats go down to the beach to have a look

[Cajun]

and now canceled

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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.

[R6_kid:Me]

Apparently. And it IS all over the news

Boooorrrring Nothing will come of it, they are always false alarms.

The boy who cried wolf...

Better to take heed and be aware, it was an ADVISORY, not a WARNING. The nature of Tsunamis means that they are unpredictable and you can only measure them when they are happening.

[kevfromcoro]

Ok..... this is the second one we have had.
whats going to happen if we do a real one....
there seams to be a rummbling in the pacific

[WuZards-Eugene]

Bugger, was hoping to use that as an excuse to get out of work early. "The waves are coming boss, I need to head to the safety of the rimutaka's on my bike"

[Blackshear]

I feel pretty safe in birkenhead.
I'd like to see a tsunami get up Verrans corner

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

That s quite a few coincidences now! are we revving up for a MF of a eruption/tidal wave?

Think I'd start to be feeling a little nervous living in my ++million $ mansion on the North Shore east coast beach. Ive got a spare room in my westie home on the high ridge on the outskirts of Henderson with expansive views of Auckland city, Price will vary according to the state of the tide

[StoneY]

Bugger, was hoping to use that as an excuse to get out of work early. "The waves are coming boss, I need to head to the safety of the rimutaka's on my bike"

Mt Wainui will do for me

[Ixion]

That s quite a few coincidences now! are we revving up for a MF of a eruption/tidal wave?

..

Rather the reverse I would think. These small ones let off the pressure and prevent it building up to really dangerous levels. The same way White Island keeps NZ from really big quakes.

[Hans]

Can we PLEASE have a real one?