WECA41 PHEB 171405 TSUCAX EXPERIMENTAL TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1405 UTC THU MAR 17 2016 ...TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE... **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION. **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.4 * ORIGIN TIME 1400 UTC MAR 17 2016 * COORDINATES 10.8 NORTH 66.0 WEST * DEPTH 15 KM / 9 MILES * LOCATION NEAR THE COAST OF VENEZUELA EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.4 OCCURRED NEAR THE COAST OF VENEZUELA AT 1400 UTC ON THURSDAY MARCH 17 2016. * BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE. TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST --------------------------------- * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF VENEZUELA... BONAIRE... CURACAO... ARUBA... SAINT VINCENT... GRENADA... SAINT LUCIA... MARTINIQUE... DOMINICA... GUADELOUPE... DOMINICAN REP... SABA... MONTSERRAT... SAINT KITTS... SINT EUSTATIUS... BARBADOS... HAITI... TRINIDAD TOBAGO... SAINT MAARTEN... COLOMBIA... ANGUILLA... ANTIGUA RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT. * PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -------------------------- * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES LISTED WITH A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. 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 WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------ CUMANA VENEZUELA 10.5N 64.2W 1438 03/17 MAIQUETIA VENEZUELA 10.6N 67.0W 1448 03/17 ONIMA BONAIRE 12.3N 68.3W 1455 03/17 WILLEMSTAD CURACAO 12.1N 68.9W 1501 03/17 ORANJESTAD ARUBA 12.5N 70.0W 1519 03/17 KINGSTOWN SAINT VINCENT 13.1N 61.2W 1519 03/17 SAINT GEORGES GRENADA 12.0N 61.8W 1519 03/17 CASTRIES SAINT LUCIA 14.0N 61.0W 1524 03/17 FORT DE FRANCE MARTINIQUE 14.6N 61.1W 1527 03/17 ROSEAU DOMINICA 15.3N 61.4W 1529 03/17 BASSE TERRE GUADELOUPE 16.0N 61.7W 1532 03/17 SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REP 18.5N 69.9W 1538 03/17 SABA SABA 17.6N 63.2W 1541 03/17 CABO ENGANO DOMINICAN REP 18.6N 68.3W 1543 03/17 PLYMOUTH MONTSERRAT 16.7N 62.2W 1544 03/17 BASSETERRE SAINT KITTS 17.3N 62.7W 1545 03/17 SINT EUSTATIUS SINT EUSTATIUS 17.5N 63.0W 1546 03/17 BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS 13.1N 59.6W 1548 03/17 JACAMEL HAITI 18.1N 72.5W 1552 03/17 PIRATES BAY TRINIDAD TOBAGO 11.3N 60.6W 1553 03/17 SIMPSON BAAI SINT MAARTEN 18.0N 63.1W 1554 03/17 RIOHACHA COLOMBIA 11.6N 72.9W 1605 03/17 BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA 11.1N 74.9W 1611 03/17 PUERTO PLATA DOMINICAN REP 19.8N 70.7W 1613 03/17 THE VALLEY ANGUILLA 18.3N 63.1W 1614 03/17 SAINT JOHNS ANTIGUA 17.1N 61.9W 1618 03/17 PALMETTO POINT BARBUDA 17.6N 61.9W 1624 03/17 SAINT BARTHELEM SAINT BARTHELEMY17.9N 62.8W 1625 03/17 GRAND TURK TURKS N CAICOS 21.5N 71.1W 1627 03/17 CARTAGENA COLOMBIA 10.4N 75.6W 1628 03/17 CAP HAITEN HAITI 19.8N 72.2W 1629 03/17 SANTIAGO D CUBA CUBA 19.9N 75.8W 1631 03/17 BAIE BLANCHE SAINT MARTIN 18.1N 63.0W 1632 03/17 KINGSTON JAMAICA 17.9N 76.9W 1635 03/17 WEST CAICOS TURKS N CAICOS 21.7N 72.5W 1638 03/17 MAYAGUANA BAHAMAS 22.3N 73.0W 1639 03/17 GREAT INAGUA BAHAMAS 20.9N 73.7W 1642 03/17 ALIGANDI PANAMA 9.2N 78.0W 1645 03/17 BARACOA CUBA 20.4N 74.5W 1647 03/17 MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA 18.5N 77.9W 1647 03/17 CROOKED ISLAND BAHAMAS 22.7N 74.1W 1647 03/17 PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD TOBAGO 10.6N 61.5W 1649 03/17 SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA 11.2N 74.2W 1652 03/17 PUERTO CARRETO PANAMA 8.8N 77.6W 1652 03/17 SAN SALVADOR BAHAMAS 24.1N 74.5W 1652 03/17 LONG ISLAND BAHAMAS 23.3N 75.1W 1656 03/17 CAYMAN BRAC CAYMAN ISLANDS 19.7N 79.9W 1702 03/17 PUNTA CARIBANA COLOMBIA 8.6N 76.9W 1704 03/17 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. * IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION OF THE SHORELINE. * IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES. * PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA. NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL IN LOWERCASE LETTERS-. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF THE US GULF COAST... US EAST COAST... AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA SHOULD REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV. $$