PTWC: Estimated initial tsunami wave arrival times at forecast points within the warning & watch areas..UPGRADED TO 8.2

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"@PzFeed: UPDATE: Chile gov't spokesman asks those along north coast to walk -- not drive -- to get away from coast and possible tsunami.

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WEPA40 PHEB 020014

TSUPAC



TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0014Z 02 APR 2014



THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.



... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...



A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR



CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR



A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR



COLOMBIA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA



FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR

INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.



THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS



ORIGIN TIME - 2347Z 01 APR 2014

COORDINATES - 19.8 SOUTH 70.8 WEST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE

MAGNITUDE - 8.0



MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY



GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

PISAGUA CL 19.6S 70.2W 2352Z 1.92M / 6.3FT 44MIN

IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 2351Z 1.70M / 5.6FT 56MIN



LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.



EVALUATION



SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE

BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND

COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS

CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.



FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS

AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT

OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME

THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL

CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE

ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.



ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS 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

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.



LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

CHILE IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0002Z 02 APR

ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0011Z 02 APR

ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0017Z 02 APR

CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0046Z 02 APR

COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0111Z 02 APR

VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0135Z 02 APR

TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0219Z 02 APR

CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0251Z 02 APR

GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0403Z 02 APR

EASTER_ISLAND 27.1S 250.6E 0532Z 02 APR

PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0546Z 02 APR

PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0021Z 02 APR

SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0039Z 02 APR

LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0131Z 02 APR

TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0218Z 02 APR

CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0225Z 02 APR

PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0250Z 02 APR

ECUADOR LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0239Z 02 APR

ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0327Z 02 APR

BALTRA_ISLAND 0.5S 269.7E 0429Z 02 APR

COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0346Z 02 APR

BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 0417Z 02 APR

BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0433Z 02 APR

PANAMA PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 0427Z 02 APR

PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0429Z 02 APR

PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0441Z 02 APR

COSTA RICA CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0441Z 02 APR

PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 0514Z 02 APR

CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 0531Z 02 APR

NICARAGUA SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 0557Z 02 APR

PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0609Z 02 APR

CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0609Z 02 APR



BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE.



THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.