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7.2 aftershock in Chile

Forecaster — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:21:00 +0000

The USGS, U.S. Geological Survey – a source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment reports a 7.2 aftershock from Chile. Exact location: Liberator O’higgins, 34.290°S, 71.950°W, which is about 150 km away from Santiago, Chile.
O-ton NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center: “A strong earthquake has occurred – at 6:40 AM Pacific Standard Time on March 11, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.2 occurred near the coast of central Chile – but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas. Based on the earthquake magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides.”

More info: Magnitude 7.2 – LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE 2010 March 11 14:39:48 UTC

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A tsunami has been observed at the following sites

Forecaster — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:27:15 +0000

The waves are expected to first reach La Jolla, California at 12:02 PM PST on February 27. Estimated tsunami arrival times and maps along with safety rules and other information can be found on the WCATWC web site.
A tsunami has been observed at the following sites:

Location Lat. Lon. Time Amplitude
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Baltra Ecuador 0.4S 90.3W 1430UTC 0.45M/1.5ft
Quepo Costa Rica 9.4N 84.2W 1417UTC 0.27M/0.9ft
Santa Cruz Galapagos E 0.5S 90.2W 1241UTC 1.07M/3.5ft
Rikitea Fr. Polynesia 23.1S 135.0W 1534UTC 0.27M/0.9ft

Manzanillo Mexico 19.0N 104.2W 1709UTC 0.43M/1.4ft
Acapulco Mexico 16.8N 99.9W 1804UTC 0.54M/1.8ft
Cabo San Lucas Mexico 22.5N 109.5W 1758UTC 0.33M/1.1ft

Chatham Island NZ 44.0S 176.4W 1844UTC 0.24M/0.8ft
Hiva Oa Marquesas Fr. 9.8S 139.0W 1710UTC 3.14M/10.3ft
Papeete Fr. Polynesia 17.5S 149.6W 1808UTC 0.22M/0.7ft
Tsunami Forecasts at selected points – more on web site
La Jolla, CA 0.8M/2.6 FT Los Angeles, CA 0.8M/2.6 FT
Malibu, CA 1.0M/3.3 FT Pismo Beach, CA 1.4M/4.6 FT
Half Moon Bay, CA 1.0M/3.3 FT San Diego, CA 0.4M/1.3 FT
Humboldt Bay, CA 0.4M/1.3FT Crescent City, CA 0.6M/2.0 FT
Santa Monica, CA 1.2M/3.9 FT Moclips, WA 0.4M/1.3 FT
Santa Barbara, CA 0.8M/2.6 FT Laguna Beach, CA 0.9M/2.9 FT
Seward, AK 0.4M/1.3 FT Kodiak, AK 0.7M/2.3 FT
Forecasts indicate the expected height above normal sea level.
Tsunamis are expected to peak two to four hours after arrival.

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Pacific Ocean-wide Tsunami Warning Supplement

Forecaster — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:34:50 +0000

Saturday, 27 February, 2010 09:47 – Tsunami Bulletin Number 011 – Pacific Tsunami Warning Center/Noaa/Nws – Issued At 1650z 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 – The image below shows the Tsunami travel time. Please read careful – there is no warnings issued for Baja at all at the moment. This is for general information on the current situation.
Get the newest Tsunami Warning Info here @ Baja Weather….. Attention: this is a automated feature and there maybe duplicate/repeated posts.
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.

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Tsunami Information Bulletin

Forecaster — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:41:25 +0000

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 2044Z 26 FEB 2010 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. … TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN … THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. 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 – 2031Z 26 FEB 2010 COORDINATES – 26.1 NORTH 128.5 EAST DEPTH – 29 KM LOCATION – RYUKYU ISLANDS JAPAN MAGNITUDE – 7.3 EVALUATION NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA. HOWEVER – EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION… THE MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON…CALIFORNIA.

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Tsunami Information Bulletin

Forecaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:22:00 +0000

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0622Z 07 FEB 2010 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. … TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN … THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. 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 – 0610Z 07 FEB 2010 COORDINATES – 23.4 NORTH 124.0 EAST DEPTH – SHALLOWER THAN 100 KM LOCATION – SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISL. JAPAN MAGNITUDE – 6.6 EVALUATION NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA. HOWEVER – EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION… THE MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON…CALIFORNIA.

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Tsunami Information Bulletin Supplement

Forecaster — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:41:53 +0000

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1343Z 05 JAN 2010 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. … TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN … THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. 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 – 1216Z 05 JAN 2010 COORDINATES – 9.5 SOUTH 157.1 EAST DEPTH – 33 KM LOCATION – SOLOMON ISLANDS MAGNITUDE – 6.9 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ——————- —– —— —– ————— —– HONIARA SB 9.4S 160.0E 1328Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 04MIN 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 INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE 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

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Baja 1000 Weather

Forecaster — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:36:50 +0000

We set for Puro Off-Road a weather page up so the race fans can get the forecast direct on the website. You’ll find the page at Race Weather Forecast Baja 1000

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Thunderstorms extend near Acapulco southward

Forecaster — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:24:10 +0000

Disorganized showers and thunderstorms extend from the coast of Mexico near Acapulco southward for a few hundred miles. Slow development of this system is possible over the next couple of days as it remains nearly stationary. There is a low chance, less than 30 percent of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.

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Thunderstorms extend near Acapulco southward

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Rick weakening fast as it nears the West Coast of Mexico

Forecaster — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:46:41 +0000

Rick weakening fast as it nears the West Coast of Mexico. At 5:00 am PDT/12:00 UT the center of Tropical Storm Rick was estimated near latitude 22.3 north longitude 107.5 west or about
90 miles/145 km southwest of Mazatlan Mexico. Rick has increased in forward speed and is now moving toward the northeast near 16 mph/26 km/hr. This general motion is expected to continue today. On the forecast track the center of Rick will be very near the coast of west-central Mainland Mexico this morning.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 55 mph/90 km/hr with higher gusts. Additional weakening is expected today.

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Rick continues moving

Forecaster — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:05:12 +0000

At 5:00 PM PDT/0000 UTC the center of Tropical Storm Rick was located near latitude 20.6 north/longitude 109.7 west or about 165 miles/265 km/south of Cabo San Lucas Mexico and about 275 miles /445 km southwest of Mazatlan Mexico.
Rick is moving toward the northeast near 9 mph/15 km/hr and this motion with an increase in forward speed is expected later today and Wednesday.
On this track the center of Rick is expected to pass to the south of the southern tip of Baja California tonight or early Wednesday and approach the western coast of Mainland Mexico on Wednesday.
An Air Force reconnaissance aircraft investigating Rick this afternoon found maximum flight level winds of 70 kt in the northeast quadrant.
On the current track the center of Rick is expected to pass south of the southern tip of Baja California tonight and approach the coast of Mainland Mexico in about 24 hours.

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Rick continues moving

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