Wednesday, September 16, 2015

[californiadisasters] NWS-NTWC Tsunami Information Statement





WEAK53 PAAQ 170029TIBAK1PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK529 PM PDT WED SEP 16 2015

UPDATES-------

* UPDATED OBSERVATIONS


..THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
  COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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* A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT
  THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

* THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS ANALYZING
  THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER.

* MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

* THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE
  TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED
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* MAGNITUDE      8.3
* ORIGIN TIME    1455 AKDT SEP 16 2015
                  1555  PDT SEP 16 2015
                  2255  UTC SEP 16 2015
* COORDINATES    31.5 SOUTH 72.0 WEST
* DEPTH          6 MILES
* LOCATION      OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE     


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED
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                                  TIME              OBSERVED MAX
SITE                        OF MEASUREMENT        TSUNAMI HEIGHT
---------------------------- -------------------    --------------
VALPARAISO  CHILE            0504 PM  PDT SEP 16        4.5FT
COQUIMBO  CHILE              0447 PM  PDT SEP 16      15.1FT
CALDERA  CHILE              0435 PM  PDT SEP 16        1.3FT
JUAN_FERNANDEZ  CHILE        0446 PM  PDT SEP 16        2.1FT
CONSTITUCION  CHILE          0444 PM  PDT SEP 16        1.4FT
HUASCO  CHILE                0424 PM  PDT SEP 16        1.7FT
QUINTERO  CHILE              0415 PM  PDT SEP 16        4.8FT
SAN ANTONIO  CHILE          0420 PM  PDT SEP 16        2.3FT

HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE
          TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT.


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE
  PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT.

* REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

* PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...
  WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE
  PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

$$


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Posted by: Hardin Rich <hardinrich@sbcglobal.net>


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