ZCZC WEPA42 PHEB 141759 TIBPAC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1757 UTC THU NOV 14 2019 ...PTWC TSUNAMI SUPPLEMENT STATEMENT... **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS STATEMENT 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. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION. **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UPDATED IN THIS MESSAGE. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.1 * ORIGIN TIME 1618 UTC NOV 14 2019 * COORDINATES 1.5 NORTH 126.4 EAST * DEPTH 62 KM / 39 MILES * LOCATION MOLUCCA SEA EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.1 OCCURRED IN THE MOLUCCA SEA AT 1618 UTC ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 2019. * ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * FOR COASTAL AREAS IMPACTED BY TSUNAMI WAVES... CAREFULLY MONITOR FOR ANY CONTINUING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. WHEN HAZARDOUS WAVES HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN IT CAN BE ASSUMED THE HAZARD HAS PASSED. HOWEVER... CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION AROUND THE SEA AS SMALLER TSUNAMI FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE FOR MANY MORE HOURS. * FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS... IF HAZARDOUS WAVES HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME THEN IT CAN BE ASSUMED THE HAZARD HAS PASSED. HOWEVER... SMALL SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR AND NORMAL CAUTION AROUND THE SEA SHOULD BE EXERCISED. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS -------------------- * THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH RESPECT TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL. GAUGE TIME OF MAXIMUM WAVE COORDINATES MEASURE TSUNAMI PERIOD GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON (UTC) HEIGHT (MIN) ------------------------------------------------------------- BITUNG ID 1.4N 125.2E 1741 0.11M/ 0.4FT 12 NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. $$ NNNN