Pardonthe lateness of this alert!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
1535 UTC SAT DEC 2 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UPDATED IN THIS MESSAGE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOTE REVISED EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* MAGNITUDE 7.6
* ORIGIN TIME 1437 UTC DEC 2 2023
* COORDINATES 8.6 NORTH 126.4 EAST
* DEPTH 45 KM \/ 28 MILES
* LOCATION MINDANAO PHILIPPINES<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EVALUATION
———-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED IN
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES AT 1437 UTC ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 2
2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA… HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST…UPDATED<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 1 TO 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PHILIPPINES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PALAU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AMERICAN SAMOA… CHINA… CHUUK… COOK ISLANDS… FIJI…
FRENCH POLYNESIA… GUAM… HAWAII… HOWLAND AND BAKER…
INDONESIA… JAPAN… JARVIS ISLAND… JOHNSTON ATOLL…
KIRIBATI… KOSRAE… MALAYSIA… MARSHALL ISLANDS…
MIDWAY ISLAND… NAURU… NORTHERN MARIANAS…
NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS… PALMYRA ISLAND… PAPUA
NEW GUINEA… POHNPEI… REPUBLIC OF KOREA… SAMOA…
SOLOMON ISLANDS… TAIWAN… TOKELAU… TONGA… TUVALU…
VANUATU… WAKE ISLAND… WALLIS AND FUTUNA… AND YAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED IF
NECESSARY IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
——————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
————————–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAVAO PHILIPPINES 6.8N 125.7E 1520 12\/02
LEGASPI PHILIPPINES 13.2N 123.8E 1538 12\/02
PALANAN PHILIPPINES 17.1N 122.6E 1553 12\/02
MALAKAL PALAU 7.3N 134.5E 1618 12\/02<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
—————–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO
THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION
OF THE SHORELINE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT
THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN… BE
CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER… OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR… OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII… AMERICAN SAMOA… GUAM… AND * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA… OREGON… WASHINGTON… $$<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pardonthe lateness of this alert! TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI1535 UTC SAT DEC 2 2023 …PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE… **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THEUNESCO\/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND ISMEANT FOR … Read moreTsunami Watch In Effect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.
NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND
AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n