21041004 WEZS40 PHEB 101332 TSUPPG 1 TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 2021-02-10T13:32:12Z 232 AM SST WED FEB 10 2021 Watch ASZ001>003-101531- /O.NEW.PHEB.TS.A.0001.210210T1331Z-000000T0000Z/ American Samoa American Samoa 7.9 2021-02-10T13:20:02Z HST 33 -23.086 171.543 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS N/A 120 003-101531- /O.NEW.PHEB.TS.A.0001.210210T1331Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM SST WED FEB 10 2021 ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA... AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.9 OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS AT 220 AM SST ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 2021. * THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE IS STILL BEING EVALUATED. * IF A TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS... THE EARLIEST ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME OF TSUNAMI WAVES WITHIN AMERICAN SAMOA WOULD BE 541 AM SST ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 2021 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THE TSUNAMI WATCH COULD BE ELEVATED TO AN ADVISORY OR WARNING. * CONSIDER YOUR COURSE OF ACTION IF A TSUNAMI ADVISORY OR WARNING IS ISSUED. ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -------------------------- * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE 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 WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(SST) ---------------------------------------------------------- TAFUNA TUTUILA 14.3S 170.7W 541 AM 02/10 LEONE TUTUILA 14.3S 170.8W 541 AM 02/10 FAGAMALO TUTUILA 14.3S 170.8W 541 AM 02/10 FAGASA TUTUILA 14.3S 170.7W 541 AM 02/10 AMANAVE TUTUILA 14.3S 170.8W 541 AM 02/10 PAGO PAGO TUTUILA 14.3S 170.7W 545 AM 02/10 VATIA TUTUILA 14.2S 170.7W 545 AM 02/10 MASEFAU TUTUILA 14.3S 170.6W 545 AM 02/10 PAGAI TUTUILA 14.3S 170.6W 545 AM 02/10 AUMI TUTUILA 14.3S 170.7W 545 AM 02/10 TULA TUTUILA 14.3S 170.6W 545 AM 02/10 AUNUU ISLAND AUNUU 14.3S 170.6W 545 AM 02/10 TAU ISLAND MANUA 14.3S 169.5W 548 AM 02/10 OFU ISLAND MANUA 14.2S 169.7W 549 AM 02/10 OLESEGA ISLAND MANUA 14.2S 169.6W 549 AM 02/10 SWAINS ISLAND SWAINS 11.1S 171.1W 558 AM 02/10 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * POTENTIAL TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED. * IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA... THE EARLIEST IMPACTS WOULD BE AROUND 541 AM SST ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 2021. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.9 * ORIGIN TIME 220 AM SST FEB 10 2021 * COORDINATES 23.1 SOUTH 171.5 EAST * DEPTH 20 MILES * LOCATION SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV. $$ NNNN ]]> false false