8.0 Earthquake off Chile - Tsunami Generated
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WEPA40 PHEB
020014
TSUPAC
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC
TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0014Z 02 APR
2014
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
CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
COLOMBIA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA
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 - 2347Z 01 APR
2014
COORDINATES - 19.8 SOUTH 70.8 WEST
DEPTH
- 10 KM
LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN
CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 8.0
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON
TIME AMPL PER
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PISAGUA CL
19.6S 70.2W 2352Z 1.92M / 6.3FT 44MIN
IQUIQUE CL
20.2S 70.1W 2351Z 1.70M / 5.6FT 56MIN
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 AND
COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT
COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN
RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS
CENTER WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE
EXTENT AND
SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
FOR ALL 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.
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
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CHILE IQUIQUE 20.2S
289.9E 0002Z 02 APR
ARICA
18.5S 289.7E 0011Z 02 APR
ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0017Z 02 APR
CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0046Z 02 APR
COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0111Z 02 APR
VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0135Z 02 APR
TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0219Z 02 APR
CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0251Z 02 APR
GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0403Z 02 APR
EASTER_ISLAND 27.1S 250.6E 0532Z 02 APR
PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0546Z 02 APR
PERU
MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0021Z 02 APR
SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0039Z 02 APR
LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0131Z 02 APR
TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0218Z 02 APR
CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0225Z 02 APR
PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0250Z 02 APR
ECUADOR
LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0239Z 02 APR
ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0327Z 02 APR
BALTRA_ISLAND 0.5S 269.7E 0429Z 02 APR
COLOMBIA
TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0346Z 02 APR
BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 0417Z 02 APR
BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0433Z 02 APR
PANAMA
PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 0427Z 02 APR
PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0429Z 02 APR
PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0441Z 02 APR
COSTA
RICA CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0441Z 02
APR
PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E
0514Z 02 APR
CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N
274.0E 0531Z 02 APR
NICARAGUA SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR
11.2N 274.1E 0557Z 02 APR
PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0609Z 02 APR
CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0609Z 02 APR
BULLETINS
WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH
COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.