Magnitude 7.4 - VANUATU Update: POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL TSUNAMI

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010wubj.php

Tsunami?

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1727Z 27 MAY 2010
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 IS IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
SOLOMON IS. / VANUATU / NEW CALEDONIA
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 - 1715Z 27 MAY 2010
COORDINATES - 13.7 SOUTH 166.5 EAST
DEPTH - 20 KM
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.6
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 IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES
TO HOURS. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR
SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY TSUNAMI
WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. THE WARNING WILL NOT EXPAND TO OTHER
AREAS OF THE PACIFIC UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED TO
WARRANT SUCH AN EXPANSION.
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
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
SOLOMON IS. MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0832Z 27 MAY
GHATERE 7.5S 159
.0E 0846Z 27 MAY
HONIARA 9.0S 160
.0E 0911Z 27 MAY
AUKI 8.8S 160
.6E 0917Z 27 MAY
KIRAKIRA 10.0S 162
.0E 0928Z 27 MAY
VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 1027Z 27 MAY
ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169
.9E 1114Z 27 MAY
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 1121Z 27 MAY
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.


EVALUATION
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL TSUNAMI
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/distant_tsunami/WEPA40/index.html

everybody run

<http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/05/27/498048/01/message498048-01.htm>

The Earthqauke hasn't even been acknowledge by other region, it seems.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

I would not want to be in Big Bay, Vanuatu, right now, looks bad.

bump

Where do they expect people to import illegal prescription drugs from when Vanutu sinks?

That'll be a crisis bigger than BP in the Gulf!

Reading from last to first down the list:

6.6 Pacific Ocean - West Vanuatu Torba Province Sola

7.6 Pacific Ocean - West Vanuatu Torba Province Sola

7.5 Pacific Ocean - West Vanuatu Torba Province Sola

This links to the best site for ongoing/current/recent events:

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=usa&lang=eng