WEAK51 PAAQ 151432 TSUAK1 BULLETIN Public Tsunami Message Number 5 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 632 AM PST Sat Jan 15 2022 UPDATES ------- * A tsunami has been confirmed and some impacts are expected * A Volcanic Eruption has occured in the Tonga Islands * Please disregard earthquake parameters * Advisory level waves continue to be observed in Hawaii ...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT... Tsunami Advisory in Effect for; * CALIFORNIA, The coast from The Cal./Mexico Border to The Oregon/Cal. Border including San Francisco Bay * OREGON, The coast from The Oregon/Cal. Border to The Oregon/Wash. Border including the Columbia River estuary coast * WASHINGTON, Outer coast from the Oregon/Washington border to Slip Point, Columbia River estuary coast, and the Juan de Fuca Strait coast * BRITISH COLUMBIA, The north coast and Haida Gwaii, the central coast and northeast Vancouver Island, the outer west coast of Vancouver Island, the Juan de Fuca Strait coast * SOUTHEAST ALASKA, The inner and outer coast from The BC/Alaska Border to Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE of Yakutat) * SOUTH ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA, Pacific coasts from Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE of Yakutat) to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska) * ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY ----------------------------- * Tsunami activity is forecasted to start at the following locations at the specified times. FORECAST START SITE OF TSUNAMI ---- ---------- * Alaska Adak 0600 AKST Jan 15 Shemya 0615 AKST Jan 15 Unalaska 0650 AKST Jan 15 Sand Point 0710 AKST Jan 15 Saint Paul 0735 AKST Jan 15 Cold Bay 0745 AKST Jan 15 Kodiak 0750 AKST Jan 15 Sitka 0755 AKST Jan 15 Elfin Cove 0755 AKST Jan 15 Seward 0815 AKST Jan 15 Yakutat 0815 AKST Jan 15 Valdez 0830 AKST Jan 15 Craig 0835 AKST Jan 15 Cordova 0840 AKST Jan 15 Homer 0905 AKST Jan 15 * California Fort Bragg 0735 PST Jan 15 Monterey 0735 PST Jan 15 Port San Luis 0740 PST Jan 15 Santa Barbara 0745 PST Jan 15 La Jolla 0750 PST Jan 15 Los Angeles Harb 0750 PST Jan 15 Newport Beach 0755 PST Jan 15 Oceanside 0755 PST Jan 15 Crescent City 0800 PST Jan 15 San Francisco 0810 PST Jan 15 * Oregon Port Orford 0755 PST Jan 15 Brookings 0800 PST Jan 15 Charleston 0810 PST Jan 15 Newport 0830 PST Jan 15 Seaside 0845 PST Jan 15 * British Columbia Langara 0830 PST Jan 15 Tofino 0850 PST Jan 15 * Washington Long Beach 0835 PST Jan 15 La Push 0845 PST Jan 15 Neah Bay 0850 PST Jan 15 Westport 0850 PST Jan 15 Moclips 0855 PST Jan 15 Port Angeles 0930 PST Jan 15 Port Townsend 0955 PST Jan 15 OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY -------------------------------- * No tsunami observations are available to report. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * Magnitude 1.0 * Origin Time 1927 AKST Jan 14 2022 2027 PST Jan 14 2022 0427 UTC Jan 15 2022 * Coordinates 20.5 South 175.4 West * Depth 1 miles * Location near the Tonga Islands RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * See message number 4 for recommended actions. IMPACTS ------- * See message number 4 for possible impacts. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE -------------------------------------- * Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information. * Pacific coastal residents outside California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska should refer to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov. * This message will be updated within 60 minutes. $$