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Just heard that there is a warning or alert for Alaska and Vancouver Island. There was an earthquake over 8.0 near Japan. Anyone there?????? It is 11:00pm here in Vancouver, Washington
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Latest Bulletin TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0723Z 13 JAN 2007 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
REFER TO MESSAGES FROM THE WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR GUIDANCE IN THESE AREAS. ... TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH CANCELLATION ... THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELLED FOR
RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS. / WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. /
N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI /
CHUUK / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU / JOHNSTON IS. /
HAWAII / INDONESIA / KIRIBATI / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / PALMYRA IS. / SOLOMON IS. / TUVALU / VIETNAM /
JARVIS IS. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0423Z 13 JAN 2007
COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ -----
HANASAKI HOKKAIDO 43.3N 145.6E 0605Z 0.10M 28MIN
SHEMYA ALASKA 52.7N 174.1E 0712Z 0.30M 08MIN TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT
AMPL - AMPLITUDE IN METERS FROM MIDDLE TO CREST OR MIDDLE
TO TROUGH OR HALF OF THE CREST TO TROUGH
PER - PERIOD OF TIME FROM ONE WAVE CREST 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 IN THE PACIFIC
ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
FOR ALL AREAS THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND TSUNAMI WATCH ARE
CANCELLED. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL 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. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
For West Coast. WEPA41 PAAQ 130730
TSUWCA BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 6
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1130 PM PST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELED FOR THE
COASTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA... A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI JAPAN 0.1M/0.3FT
KUSHIRO JAPAN 0.1 M/0.3FT
OFUNATO JAPAN 0.06M/0.2 FT
KAMAISHI JAPAN 0.07M/0.2FT
MIYAKO JAPAN 0.08M/ 0.26FT
SHEMYA ALASKA .32M/1.0 FT
WAVE OBSERVATIONS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL. EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/
WASHINGTON/ OREGON OR CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER SOME AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE OBSERVABLE EFFECTS WHICH COULD INCLUDE STRONG CURRENTS
IN HARBORS AND BAYS DANGEROUS TO THOSE IN OR NEAR THE WATER.
THESE EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT APPROXIMATELY 0440AM PST
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST RANGING TO 0600AM PST IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND COULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL
ARRIVAL. A FULL LIST OF TRAVEL TIMES CAN BE FOUND ON THE
WEB SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS
CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL
CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2
TIME - 1924 AKST JAN 12 2007
2024 PST JAN 12 2007
0424 UTC JAN 13 2007
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
- EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 14 MILES/23 KM PZZ170-PKZ031>036-041-042-043-011>013-021-022-051-052-053-125>
129-121-120-130-140-141-136>138-132-150-155-170-171-172-175-
176-AKZ023-024-026>029-018>022-025-017-135-131-125-121-145-171-
181-185-187-191-130930-
COASTAL AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA. ...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELED FOR THE
COASTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA... REPEAT - THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELED. $$ THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
A FINAL MESSAGE. THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER WATCH/WARNING MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED AT WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.
$$
1 hour ago
Tsunami alerts for Alaska and Hawaii triggered by an earthquake under the Pacific Ocean were lifted Saturday. CNN said the alerts, issued for parts of Japan ...
Alaska and Hawaii tsunami alerts canceled Reuters
Alaska, Hawaii tsunami alerts lifted
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