new zealand on tsunami alert after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake

[the munch]

A tsunami warning is in effect for New Zealand following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake....see breaking news sky..

 

[Smithy]

A lot earthquakes recently. We're doomed!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

A tsunami warning is in effect for New Zealand following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake....see breaking news sky..

Again? Poor buggers!

 

[Falkor]

another one bloody hell

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Can't be that much..Sky news from 9 pm...loads of shite about hacking and George Osborne and before that Noel Gallagher talking about Oasis split!!

 

[Uwinsc]

Any idea what area of new Zealand?

 

[trueblue]

Amazing what Murdoch can organise to distract people's attention...

 

[Smithy]

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/asia.tsunami.warning/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[Falkor]

its only on reuters at the moment

 

[Razi]

Alert has been cancelled - this is the latest info sent through to us:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1959Z 06 JUL 2011

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLATION ...

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND/OR WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

KERMADEC IS / TONGA / NEW ZEALAND

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 - 1903Z 06 JUL 2011
COORDINATES - 29.4 SOUTH 175.7 WEST
DEPTH - 48 KM
LOCATION - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.8

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
BOAT COVE RAOUL IS 29.3S 177.9W 1932Z 1.03M / 3.4FT 04MIN
FISHING ROCK RAOUL 29.3S 177.9W 1926Z 0.99M / 3.3FT 06MIN

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 RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

This was following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the Kermadec Islands (nr Tonga)..

 

[Razi]

Any idea what area of new Zealand?

Due to arrive at the following times though, as mentioned above, it's been downgraded..

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

KERMADEC IS RAOUL_IS. 29.2S 182.1E 1929Z 06 JUL

TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 2017Z 06 JUL

NEW ZEALAND EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 2052Z 06 JUL

NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 2054Z 06 JUL

GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 2059Z 06 JUL

AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 2200Z 06 JUL

 

[Falkor]

so is there a wave or not im confused lol

 

[Razi]

so is there a wave or not im confused lol

There was (so I had to alert our companies who operate in that area) and then 30 minutes later they cancelled the tsunami warning. Grr.

 

[Falkor]

how can a Tsunami just go that quickly.

 

[Marc]

how can a Tsunami just go that quickly.

because there was'nt one, its just a warning, sure the waves might be bigger than normal when they hit NZ but not big enough to call a Tsunami

 

[Falkor]

because there was'nt one, its just a warning, sure the waves might be bigger than normal when they hit NZ but not big enough to call a Tsunami

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED.

so there must have been one

 

[Razi]

how can a Tsunami just go that quickly.

They need to issue an alert to give as much notice as possible and initial readings suggested that a tsunami had been triggered. However, after reviewing their findings I guess they felt that it wasn't enough to issue an alert. There'll still be some degree of tsunami - but not enough to cause any threat.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

This sort of thing is reassuring for the job prospects of one member of the Bracknell clan who has just moved to NZ and got himself a job as .... an insurance loss adjuster.

 

[Finch]

This sort of thing is reassuring for the job prospects of one member of the Bracknell clan who has just moved to NZ and got himself a job as .... an insurance loss adjuster.

To be fair this is the first I heard of it. The media tend to pick these things up more after recent events. If your relative is going to Christchurch though, be prepared for small daily earthquakes. My mums nerves are about shot after the last year in Christchurch.