Kiwis Beware! Tsunami warning just issued.

[RUPD3658]

I just saw that a tsunami warning has been issued for NZ and and Fiji.

Hope our members are well away from the coast.

[niceguy2005]

Was there an earthquake in the South pacific?

[RUPD3658]

8.0 according to CNN

[niceguy2005]

Yeah that will cause some problems.

[siRkid]

Good luck guys. Please take pecautions.

[Mike Solli]

8.1 magnitude earthquake in Tonga.

[tc464]

Link to NOAA. Its got messages, maps, etc.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.shtml

[dtravel]

WEPA41 PAAQ 031749
TSUWCA

TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN
ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA
FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY - FINAL
BULLETIN NUMBER 3
ISSUED 05/03/2006 AT 1749 UTC

...THIS TSUNAMI ADVISORY BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH
COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATES
AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
PAGO PAGO 30CM/0.98FT
NIUE 42CM/1.38FT

EVALUATION
BASED ON THE LOCATION - MAGNITUDE - HISTORICAL RECORDS AND
OBSERVED TSUNAMI EFFECTS THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT
TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA - OREGON -
WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME OF THESE AREAS
MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.8
LOCATION - 19.9S 174.2W
- TONGA ISLANDS
TIME - 0727 ADT 05/03/2006
0827 PDT 05/03/2006
1527 UTC 05/03/2006

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER AT EWA BEACH HAWAII IS CLOSING
ITS INVESTIGATION AND WILL ISSUE A FINAL BULLETIN FOR AREAS OUTSIDE
CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA.

TSUNAMI ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED TO REGIONS NOT PRESENTLY IN A
TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH WHEN A TSUNAMI WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC. NO TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH
COLUMBIA AND ALASKA

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER ADVISORY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS EVENT IS ALSO POSTED AT WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.
$$

[Mike Solli]

Fox news just reported that the tsunami warning has been cancelled.

[Terminus]

Fox News...[8|]

I wouldn't trust them to tell me the colour of the sky!

Erhem... Sorry...

But yeah, the alert's been cancelled.

[dtravel]

map

[Terminus]

Apparently, there wasn't much damage in the islands around the quake's epicentre...

[PBYPilot]

What hex is that?

[Terminus]

Around 88,110...

[Mike Solli]

[:D]

[dtravel]

ORIGINAL: PBYPilot

What hex is that?

I'm guessing 96,113 or thereabouts. [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: PBYPilot

What hex is that?

[:D]
[:D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Fox News...[8|]

I wouldn't trust them to tell me the colour of the sky!

Erhem... Sorry...

But yeah, the alert's been cancelled.

Maybe, but they will bring you two clowns with opposing view points who will pontificate at length on the color of the sky...you won't be any more informed, but at least you can say it is fair and balanced.

[dtravel]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Around 88,110...

Nah, I think the big yellow island above NZ is Fiji. Which would put the epicenter more towards Pago Pago and Tongatapu.

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: dtravel

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Around 88,110...

Nah, I think the big yellow island above NZ is Fiji. Which would put the epicenter more towards Pago Pago and Tongatapu.

Yep