Monday, August 09, 2010

BREAKING NEWS: Tsunami warning issued for South Pacific after 7.5 Earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands

Suburban Port Vila bus, Vanuatu
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BREAKING NEWS
BY RANDY ECONOMY
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Aug. 9, 2010
11:40 p.m. PST


THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

NOTE THAT A TSUNAMI WAS RECORDED AT PORT VILA, VANUATU

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0524Z 10 AUG 2010
COORDINATES - 17.5 SOUTH 168.0 EAST
DEPTH - 21 KM
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.5
EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. A RECORDED  WAVE AMPLITUDE OF 23 CM HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT PORT VILA, VANUATU.

THIS IS ONLY AN INITIAL MEASUREMENT OF THE FIRST ARRIVING TSUNAMI WAVE. HIGHER WAVE AMPLITUDES MAY YET TO BE OBSERVED ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR THOSE 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 THE CONTINUING SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS.



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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