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An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 occurred at 1:34AM EST on Saturday (2/27) near the coast of Chile at 36.1S 72.6W. A Tsunami with the potential for maximum severity was generated and a Pacific-wide Tsunami Warning has been issued. The first Tsunami wave is expected to reach the Hawaiian Islands at 11:19AM HST (4:19PM EST). Tsunami warning sirens were sounded at 6AM HST (a few minutes ago) although many residents are already procuring fresh water and other supplies and they are evacuating the coastal areas. TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 10 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 447 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0834 PM HST 26 FEB 2010 COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE MAGNITUDE - 8.8 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- QUEPOS CR 0.0N 9.4E 1418Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 44MIN BALTRA GALAPAGS EC 0.4S 90.3W 1313Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 36MIN EASTER CL 27.2S 109.5W 1205Z 0.35M / 1.1FT 52MIN ANCUD CL 41.9S 73.8W 0838Z 0.62M / 2.0FT 84MIN CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE 12.1S 77.2W 1029Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 30MIN ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 1008Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 42MIN IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0907Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 68MIN ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0941Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN DART LIMA 32412 18.0S 86.4W 0941Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 36MIN CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN 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 A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. Here is the latest Warning message for the entire Pacific basin: TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 010 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1545Z 27 FEB 2010 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. ... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE TAIPEI 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 - 0634Z 27 FEB 2010 COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST DEPTH - 55 KM LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE MAGNITUDE - 8.8 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- QUEPOS CR 0.0N 9.4E 1416Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 52MIN BALTRA GALAPAGS EC 0.4S 90.3W 1452Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 14MIN DART MARQUESAS 5140 8.5S 125.0W 1519Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 48MIN EASTER CL 27.2S 109.5W 1205Z 0.35M / 1.1FT 52MIN ANCUD CL 41.9S 73.8W 0838Z 0.62M / 2.0FT 84MIN CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE 12.1S 77.2W 1029Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 30MIN ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 1008Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 42MIN IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0907Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 68MIN ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0941Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN 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 CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. 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 TALCAHUANO 36.7S 73.1W 0729Z 27 FEB VALPARAISO 33.0S 71.6W 0739Z 27 FEB COQUIMBO 29.9S 71.3W 0801Z 27 FEB CORRAL 39.8S 73.5W 0810Z 27 FEB CALDERA 27.1S 70.8W 0821Z 27 FEB ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 70.4W 0844Z 27 FEB IQUIQUE 20.2S 70.1W 0911Z 27 FEB ARICA 18.5S 70.3W 0929Z 27 FEB GOLFO DE PENAS 47.1S 74.9W 0934Z 27 FEB PUERTO MONTT 41.5S 73.0W 1052Z 27 FEB EASTER IS. 27.1S 109.4W 1205Z 27 FEB PUNTA ARENAS 53.2S 70.9W 1213Z 27 FEB PUERTO WILLIAMS 54.8S 68.2W 1404Z 27 FEB PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 72.0W 0936Z 27 FEB SAN JUAN 15.3S 75.2W 0952Z 27 FEB LA PUNTA 12.1S 77.2W 1045Z 27 FEB PIMENTAL 6.9S 80.0W 1114Z 27 FEB TALARA 4.6S 81.5W 1127Z 27 FEB CHIMBOTE 9.0S 78.8W 1132Z 27 FEB ECUADOR LA LIBERTAD 2.2S 81.2W 1202Z 27 FEB ESMERELDAS 1.2N 79.8W 1234Z 27 FEB BALTRA IS. 0.5S 90.3W 1313Z 27 FEB COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 78.9W 1253Z 27 FEB BAHIA SOLANO 6.3N 77.4W 1327Z 27 FEB BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 77.2W 1340Z 27 FEB ANTARCTICA THURSTON IS. 72.0S 100.0W 1312Z 27 FEB CAPE ADARE 71.0S 170.0E 1650Z 27 FEB PANAMA PUERTO PINA 7.4N 78.1W 1331Z 27 FEB PUNTA MALA 7.5N 79.9W 1334Z 27 FEB PUNTA BURICA 8.0N 82.8W 1340Z 27 FEB BALBOA HTS. 9.0N 79.6W 1457Z 27 FEB COSTA RICA CABO MATAPALO 8.4N 83.3W 1344Z 27 FEB PUERTO QUEPOS 9.4N 84.2W 1417Z 27 FEB CABO SAN ELENA 10.9N 86.0W 1452Z 27 FEB NICARAGUA SAN JUAN DL SUR 11.2N 85.9W 1452Z 27 FEB PUERTO SANDINO 12.2N 86.8W 1512Z 27 FEB CORINTO 12.5N 87.2W 1520Z 27 FEB PITCAIRN PITCAIRN IS. 25.1S 130.1W 1455Z 27 FEB HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 87.6W 1520Z 27 FEB EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 89.8W 1531Z 27 FEB GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 91.2W 1539Z 27 FEB FR. POLYNESIA RIKITEA 23.1S 135.0W 1542Z 27 FEB HIVA OA 10.0S 139.0W 1723Z 27 FEB PAPEETE 17.5S 149.6W 1748Z 27 FEB MEXICO PUERTO MADERO 14.8N 92.5W 1552Z 27 FEB ACAPULCO 16.9N 99.9W 1615Z 27 FEB MANZANILLO 19.1N 104.3W 1709Z 27 FEB SOCORRO 18.8N 111.0W 1719Z 27 FEB CABO SAN LUCAS 22.8N 110.0W 1749Z 27 FEB MAZATLAN 23.2N 106.4W 1753Z 27 FEB PUNTA ABREOJOS 26.7N 113.6W 1856Z 27 FEB ENSENADA 31.8N 116.8W 2016Z 27 FEB COOK ISLANDS RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 1814Z 27 FEB PENRYN IS. 8.9S 157.8W 1925Z 27 FEB PUKAPUKA IS. 10.8S 165.9W 1950Z 27 FEB KIRIBATI FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 1836Z 27 FEB MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 1934Z 27 FEB CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 2028Z 27 FEB KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 2112Z 27 FEB TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 2258Z 27 FEB KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 1912Z 27 FEB NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 1918Z 27 FEB NEW ZEALAND EAST CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 1918Z 27 FEB GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 1922Z 27 FEB DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 1952Z 27 FEB NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 1954Z 27 FEB WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 1955Z 27 FEB MILFORD SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 2005Z 27 FEB NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 2010Z 27 FEB BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 2030Z 27 FEB LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 2040Z 27 FEB AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 2056Z 27 FEB NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 2127Z 27 FEB WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 2129Z 27 FEB AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 2140Z 27 FEB NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 2219Z 27 FEB TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 1940Z 27 FEB AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 1951Z 27 FEB SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 2006Z 27 FEB JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 2026Z 27 FEB WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 2028Z 27 FEB TOKELAU NUKUNONU IS. 9.2S 171.8W 2030Z 27 FEB FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 2104Z 27 FEB AUSTRALIA HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 2105Z 27 FEB SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 2146Z 27 FEB BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 2310Z 27 FEB GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0101Z 28 FEB CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0159Z 28 FEB MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0251Z 28 FEB HAWAII HILO 19.7N 155.1W 2119Z 27 FEB HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 2152Z 27 FEB NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 2158Z 27 FEB PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 2124Z 27 FEB TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 2125Z 27 FEB VANUATU ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2137Z 27 FEB ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2235Z 27 FEB HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 2154Z 27 FEB NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 2218Z 27 FEB JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 2245Z 27 FEB SOLOMON IS. KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2321Z 27 FEB MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0001Z 28 FEB GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 0001Z 28 FEB AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0004Z 28 FEB HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 0004Z 28 FEB FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 0017Z 28 FEB PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 0020Z 28 FEB NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 2331Z 27 FEB MARSHALL IS. MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 2339Z 27 FEB KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0013Z 28 FEB ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0102Z 28 FEB MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0022Z 28 FEB KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0026Z 28 FEB PAPUA NEW GUINE AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0036Z 28 FEB KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0038Z 28 FEB RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0102Z 28 FEB PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0123Z 28 FEB LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0128Z 28 FEB KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0135Z 28 FEB MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0154Z 28 FEB MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 0214Z 28 FEB WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0237Z 28 FEB VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0258Z 28 FEB POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0111Z 28 FEB WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0112Z 28 FEB CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0213Z 28 FEB RUSSIA MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0236Z 28 FEB UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0302Z 28 FEB PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0333Z 28 FEB URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0354Z 28 FEB SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0410Z 28 FEB MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0248Z 28 FEB INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0302Z 28 FEB WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0345Z 28 FEB MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0405Z 28 FEB SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0433Z 28 FEB BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0452Z 28 FEB PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0505Z 28 FEB GEME 4.6N 126.8E 0512Z 28 FEB N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0303Z 28 FEB GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0311Z 28 FEB YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0352Z 28 FEB BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0413Z 28 FEB JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0435Z 28 FEB KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0453Z 28 FEB HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0509Z 28 FEB SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0557Z 28 FEB OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0610Z 28 FEB PHILIPPINES DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 0527Z 28 FEB PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0559Z 28 FEB LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 0604Z 28 FEB CHINESE TAIPEI HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0626Z 28 FEB HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0626Z 28 FEB CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 0654Z 28 FEB TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0655Z 28 FEB BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA. Here is a link to the PTWC: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=1 The West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center is here: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ A Tsunami Advisory has been issued from southern California north through the Aleutian Islands. COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO ATTU ALASKA 803 AM PST SAT FEB 27 2010 ...A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO ATTU ALASKA... PERSONS IN TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS. TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR WATER IS IMMINENT OF EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS IN AN ADVISORY. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME. ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOR SELECTED SITES IN THE ADVISORY ARE PROVIDED BELOW. LA JOLLA-CA 1202 PST FEB 27 YAKUTAT-AK 1619 AKST FEB 27 SANTA BARBARA-CA 1231 PST FEB 27 KODIAK-AK 1628 AKST FEB 27 SAN FRANCISCO-CA 1326 PST FEB 27 SAND PT.-AK 1629 AKST FEB 27 CRESCENT CITY-CA 1346 PST FEB 27 JUNEAU-AK 1635 AKST FEB 27 CHARLESTON-OR 1402 PST FEB 27 DUTCH HARBOR-AK 1638 AKST FEB 27 SEASIDE-OR 1446 PST FEB 27 SEWARD-AK 1639 AKST FEB 27 WESTPORT-WA 1457 PST FEB 27 ADAK-AK 1642 AKST FEB 27 NEAH BAY-WA 1507 PST FEB 27 VALDEZ-AK 1657 AKST FEB 27 TOFINO-BC 1515 PST FEB 27 CORDOVA-AK 1706 AKST FEB 27 LANGARA-BC 1551 PST FEB 27 COLD BAY-AK 1709 AKST FEB 27 SITKA-AK 1529 AKST FEB 27 SHEMYA-AK 1721 AKST FEB 27 KETCHIKAN-AK 1549 AKST FEB 27 HOMER-AK 1739 AKST FEB 27 FOR ARRIVAL TIMES AT ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS SEE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV ED |