ZCZC WEGM40 PHEB 251531 TSUGUM GUZ001>004-251731- /O.NEW.PHEB.TS.A.0009.150325T1531Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FORD ISLAND HI 131 AM CHST THU MAR 26 2015 ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM AND CNMI... THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS REVISED ALERT LEVELS... AND EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS. AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.6 OCCURRED OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA AT 100 AM CHST ON THURSDAY MARCH 26 2015. * THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE IS STILL BEING EVALUATED. * IF A TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS... THE EARLIEST ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME OF TSUNAMI WAVES WITHIN GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN OR SAIPAN WOULD BE 619 AM CHST ON THURSDAY MARCH 26 2015 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 PACIFEX 15 Handbook 148 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(CHST) ---------------------------------------------------------- MAGICIENNE BAY SAIPAN 15.1N 145.8E 619 AM 03/26 WING BEACH SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 620 AM 03/26 GARAPAN SAIPAN 15.2N 145.7E 623 AM 03/26 LONG BEACH TINIAN 15.0N 145.7E 625 AM 03/26 CHULU BEACH TINIAN 15.1N 145.6E 625 AM 03/26 OBYAN SAIPAN 15.1N 145.7E 625 AM 03/26 SAN JOSE TINIAN 15.0N 145.6E 626 AM 03/26 ARATSU BAY ROTA 14.1N 145.2E 628 AM 03/26 MOCHON BEACH ROTA 14.2N 145.3E 628 AM 03/26 SONGSONG ROTA 14.1N 145.1E 631 AM 03/26 PATI POINT GUAM 13.6N 145.0E 635 AM 03/26 INARAJAN GUAM 13.3N 144.8E 637 AM 03/26 PAGO BAY GUAM 13.4N 144.8E 637 AM 03/26 APRA HARBOR GUAM 13.5N 144.6E 642 AM 03/26 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * POTENTIAL TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED. * IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN... THE EARLIEST IMPACTS WOULD BE AROUND 619 AM CHST ON THURSDAY MARCH 26 2015. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED ------------------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.6 * ORIGIN TIME 100 AM CHST MAR 26 2015 * COORDINATES 53.5 NORTH 162.0 EAST * DEPTH 19 MILES * LOCATION OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA 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 PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND 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/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-. $$