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09/05/2012 10:50 AM EDT
000 WEPA40 PHEB 051450 TSUPAC TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1450Z 05 SEP 2012 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 COSTA RICA / PANAMA / NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR / HONDURAS / MEXICO / COLOMBIA / ECUADOR / GUATEMALA / PERU A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE 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 - 1442Z 05 SEP 2012 COORDINATES - 9.9 NORTH 85.5 WEST DEPTH - 46 KM LOCATION - OFF COAST OF COSTA RICA MAGNITUDE - 7.9 EVALUATION IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. 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 -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ COSTA RICA CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 1510Z 05 SEP CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 1518Z 05 SEP PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 1536Z 05 SEP PANAMA PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 1527Z 05 SEP PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 1615Z 05 SEP PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 1631Z 05 SEP BALBOA_HTS. 9.0N 280.4E 1742Z 05 SEP NICARAGUA SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 1531Z 05 SEP CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 1546Z 05 SEP PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 1550Z 05 SEP EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 1604Z 05 SEP HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 272.4E 1604Z 05 SEP MEXICO PUERTO_MADERO 14.8N 267.5E 1631Z 05 SEP MANZANILLO 19.1N 255.7E 1751Z 05 SEP ACAPULCO 16.9N 260.1E 1757Z 05 SEP SOCORRO 18.8N 249.0E 1844Z 05 SEP MAZATLAN 23.2N 253.6E 1848Z 05 SEP CABO_SAN_LUCAS 22.8N 250.0E 1850Z 05 SEP PUNTA_ABREOJOS 26.7N 246.4E 1959Z 05 SEP COLOMBIA BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 1633Z 05 SEP TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 1656Z 05 SEP BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 1657Z 05 SEP ECUADOR ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 1650Z 05 SEP LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 1711Z 05 SEP BALTRA_IS. 0.5S 269.7E 1721Z 05 SEP GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 268.8E 1650Z 05 SEP PERU TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 1733Z 05 SEP PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 1842Z 05 SEP CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 1900Z 05 SEP LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 1903Z 05 SEP SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 1921Z 05 SEP MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 1954Z 05 SEP CHILE ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 2013Z 05 SEP IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 2015Z 05 SEP ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 2028Z 05 SEP 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...CALIFORNIA.
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