ZCZC WEZS40 PHEB 150739 TSUPPG ASZ001>003-150939- /O.CAN.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 839 PM SST FRI JAN 14 2022 ...THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED FOR AMERICAN SAMOA... IN THIS MESSAGE ARE REVISED ALERTS. AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OCCURRED IN THE TONGA ISLANDS AROUND 527 PM SST ON FRIDAY JANUARY 14 2022. * A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED BY THIS ERUPTION. * ALL AVAILABLE DATA NOW INDICATE THAT THE TSUNAMI THREAT HAS PASSED ALTHOUGH SMALL SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO FURTHER TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ALTHOUGH MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. * FOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. * BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE OCEAN. * OTHERWISE... NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. 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 TIDE LEVEL. GAUGE TIME OF MAXIMUM WAVE COORDINATES MEASURE TSUNAMI PERIOD GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON (SST) HEIGHT (MIN) ------------------------------------------------------------- VANUATU 17.8S 168.3E 824 PM 0.6FT/ 0.2M 32 THIO NEW CALEDONIA 21.6S 166.2E 815 PM 0.3FT/ 0.1M 04 DART 01002 29.7S 175.0W 642 PM 0.3FT/ 0.1M 28 EAST CAPE NZ 37.6S 178.2E 744 PM 0.4FT/ 0.1M 20 DART 01001 36.0S 177.7W 712 PM 0.2FT/ 0.1M 24 SUVA VITI LEVU FJ 18.1S 178.4E 733 PM 0.9FT/ 0.3M 18 RAROTONGA CK 21.2S 159.8W 731 PM 0.8FT/ 0.3M 12 DART 01003 23.4S 173.4W 542 PM 0.4FT/ 0.1M 42 NUKUALOFA TO 21.1S 175.2W 616 PM 2.7FT/ 0.8M 06 PAGO PAGO AS 14.3S 170.7W 631 PM 2.0FT/ 0.6M 16 APIA UPOLU WS 13.8S 171.8W 651 PM 0.5FT/ 0.2M 18 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PRELIMINARY ERUPTION PARAMETERS ------------------------------- * ORIGIN TIME 527 PM SST JAN 14 2022 * COORDINATES 20.5 SOUTH 175.4 WEST NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. $$ NNNN