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WEPA40 PHEB 042127
TSUPAC

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
2126 UTC THU MAR 4 2021

...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...


**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****

 THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
 UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM 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 *****

THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UNCHANGED IN THIS MESSAGE.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------

  * MAGNITUDE      8.1
  * ORIGIN TIME    1928 UTC MAR 4 2021
  * COORDINATES    29.6 SOUTH  176.0 WEST
  * DEPTH          10 KM / 6 MILES
  * LOCATION       KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION


EVALUATION
----------

  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.1 OCCURRED IN
    THE KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION AT 1928 UTC ON THURSDAY MARCH 4
    2021.

  * TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

  * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
    FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.


TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
-----------------------

  * TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING MORE THAN 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE
    LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF

      KERMADEC ISLANDS.


  * TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 1 TO 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE
    POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF

      NEW CALEDONIA... AND VANUATU.


  * TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
    ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF

      ANTARCTICA... AUSTRALIA... CHILE... COLOMBIA... COOK
      ISLANDS... COSTA RICA... ECUADOR... FIJI... FRENCH
      POLYNESIA... KOSRAE... MEXICO... NAURU... NEW ZEALAND...
      NICARAGUA... PANAMA... PERU... PITCAIRN ISLANDS...
      POHNPEI... SAMOA... SOLOMON ISLANDS... TONGA... AND WALLIS
      AND FUTUNA.


  * TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
    THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF

      AMERICAN SAMOA... CHINA... CHUUK... EL SALVADOR... GUAM...
      GUATEMALA... HAWAII... HONDURAS... HOWLAND AND BAKER...
      INDONESIA... JAPAN... JARVIS ISLAND... JOHNSTON ATOLL...
      KIRIBATI... MALAYSIA... MARSHALL ISLANDS... MIDWAY
      ISLAND... NIUE... NORTHERN MARIANAS... NORTHWESTERN
      HAWAIIAN ISLANDS... PALAU... PALMYRA ISLAND... PAPUA NEW
      GUINEA... PHILIPPINES... RUSSIA... TAIWAN... TOKELAU...
      TUVALU... WAKE ISLAND... AND YAP.


  * ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
    AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
    FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
    AND AT LOCATIONS WITH FRINGING OR BARRIER REEFS WILL LIKELY
    BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.

  * FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
    YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED IF
    NECESSARY IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.


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 WITHIN THREATENED REGIONS 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(UTC)
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    NUKUALOFA        TONGA             21.0S 175.2W   2044 03/04
    LOTTIN POINT     NEW ZEALAND       37.5S 178.2E   2049 03/04
    HOLEVA           TONGA             18.6S 173.9W   2058 03/04
    GISBORNE         NEW ZEALAND       38.7S 178.0E   2109 03/04
    NIUATOPUTAPU     TONGA             15.9S 173.8W   2117 03/04
    NORTH CAPE       NEW ZEALAND       34.4S 173.3E   2118 03/04
    MOUNT MAUNGANUI  NEW ZEALAND       37.6S 176.2E   2119 03/04
    PORT TAURANGA    NEW ZEALAND       37.7S 176.2E   2126 03/04
    EAST CAPE        NEW ZEALAND       37.7S 178.5E   2131 03/04
    APIA             SAMOA             13.8S 171.8W   2132 03/04
    WHANGAREI        NEW ZEALAND       35.8S 174.5E   2134 03/04
    WALLIS ISLAND    WALLIS AND FUTUN  13.3S 176.3W   2143 03/04
    NAPIER           NEW ZEALAND       39.5S 176.9E   2145 03/04
    RAROTONGA        COOK ISLANDS      21.2S 159.8W   2146 03/04
    PUKAPUKA ISLAND  COOK ISLANDS      10.8S 165.9W   2205 03/04
    FUTUNA ISLAND    WALLIS AND FUTUN  14.3S 178.2W   2206 03/04
    WELLINGTON       NEW ZEALAND       41.3S 174.8E   2206 03/04
    ANATOM ISLAND    VANUATU           20.2S 169.9E   2213 03/04
    SUVA             FIJI              18.1S 178.4E   2213 03/04
    AUCKLAND EAST    NEW ZEALAND       36.7S 175.0E   2235 03/04
    AUCKLAND WEST    NEW ZEALAND       37.1S 174.2E   2248 03/04
    TUBUAI           FRENCH POLYNESIA  23.3S 149.5W   2248 03/04
    NOUMEA           NEW CALEDONIA     22.3S 166.5E   2300 03/04
    PENRYN ISLAND    COOK ISLANDS       8.9S 157.8W   2307 03/04
    PAPEETE          FRENCH POLYNESIA  17.5S 149.6W   2317 03/04
    RAPA ITI         FRENCH POLYNESIA  27.6S 144.3W   2318 03/04
    ESPERITU SANTO   VANUATU           15.1S 167.3E   2319 03/04
    WANGANUI         NEW ZEALAND       39.9S 175.0E   2329 03/04
    NEW PLYMOUTH     NEW ZEALAND       39.1S 174.1E   2329 03/04
    SANTA CRUZ ISLA  SOLOMON ISLANDS   10.9S 165.9E   2352 03/04
    RIKITEA          FRENCH POLYNESIA  23.1S 135.0W   0042 03/05
    NAURU            NAURU              0.5S 166.9E   0050 03/05
    SYDNEY           AUSTRALIA         33.9S 151.4E   0051 03/05
    BRISBANE         AUSTRALIA         27.2S 153.3E   0104 03/05
    HIVA OA          FRENCH POLYNESIA  10.0S 139.0W   0112 03/05
    PITCAIRN ISLAND  PITCAIRN          25.1S 130.1W   0115 03/05
    KOSRAE ISLAND    KOSRAE             5.5N 163.0E   0145 03/05
    CAPE ADARE       ANTARCTICA        71.0S 170.0E   0156 03/05
    POHNPEI ISLAND   POHNPEI            7.0N 158.2E   0233 03/05
    GLADSTONE        AUSTRALIA         23.8S 151.4E   0254 03/05
    EASTER ISLAND    CHILE             27.1S 109.4W   0359 03/05
    MACKAY           AUSTRALIA         21.1S 149.3E   0444 03/05
    GOLFO DE PENAS   CHILE             47.1S  74.9W   0644 03/05
    CORRAL           CHILE             39.8S  73.5W   0735 03/05
    TALCAHUANO       CHILE             36.7S  73.1W   0746 03/05
    VALPARAISO       CHILE             33.0S  71.6W   0803 03/05
    LAZARO CARDENAS  MEXICO            17.9N 102.2W   0809 03/05
    COQUIMBO         CHILE             29.9S  71.4W   0818 03/05
    ACAPULCO         MEXICO            16.9N  99.9W   0825 03/05
    CALDERA          CHILE             27.1S  70.8W   0833 03/05
    ANTOFAGASTA      CHILE             23.3S  70.4W   0855 03/05
    SAN JUAN         PERU              15.3S  75.2W   0911 03/05
    BALTRA ISLAND    ECUADOR            0.5S  90.3W   0913 03/05
    TALARA           PERU               4.6S  81.5W   0916 03/05
    IQUIQUE          CHILE             20.2S  70.1W   0917 03/05
    LA PUNTA         PERU              12.1S  77.2W   0918 03/05
    MOLLENDO         PERU              17.1S  72.0W   0923 03/05
    ARICA            CHILE             18.5S  70.3W   0926 03/05
    PUERTO MONTT     CHILE             41.5S  73.0W   0930 03/05
    SALINA CRUZ      MEXICO            16.5N  95.2W   0934 03/05
    ISLA DEL COCO    COSTA RICA         5.5N  87.1W   0937 03/05
    LA LIBERTAD      ECUADOR            2.2S  81.2W   0937 03/05
    CHIMBOTE         PERU               9.0S  78.8W   0943 03/05
    PIMENTAL         PERU               6.9S  80.0W   0955 03/05
    CABO SAN ELENA   COSTA RICA        10.9N  86.0W   1012 03/05
    PUERTO QUEPOS    COSTA RICA         9.4N  84.2W   1023 03/05
    ESMERELDAS       ECUADOR            1.2N  79.8W   1024 03/05
    CABO MATAPALO    COSTA RICA         8.4N  83.3W   1025 03/05
    CORINTO          NICARAGUA         12.5N  87.2W   1026 03/05
    PUERTO SANDINO   NICARAGUA         12.2N  86.8W   1026 03/05
    PUNTA BURICA     PANAMA             8.0N  82.9W   1032 03/05
    SAN JUAN DL SUR  NICARAGUA         11.2N  85.9W   1033 03/05
    TUMACO           COLOMBIA           1.8N  78.9W   1043 03/05
    PUNTA MALA       PANAMA             7.5N  80.0W   1110 03/05
    BAHIA SOLANO     COLOMBIA           6.3N  77.4W   1114 03/05
    PUERTO PINA      PANAMA             7.4N  78.0W   1119 03/05
    BUENAVENTURA     COLOMBIA           3.8N  77.2W   1128 03/05
    BALBOA HEIGHTS   PANAMA             9.0N  79.6W   1330 03/05


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.


TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
--------------------

  * THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
    AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED
    LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH
    RESPECT TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.

                            GAUGE      TIME OF   MAXIMUM     WAVE
                         COORDINATES   MEASURE   TSUNAMI   PERIOD
    GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON     (UTC)     HEIGHT    (MIN)
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    NUKUALOFA TO         21.1S 175.2W    2108   0.03M/ 0.1FT  14


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.

  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
    WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

  * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
    CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
    SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
    WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

  * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
    BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.
    NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND
    AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

$$



NNNN


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