ZCZC WEPA40 PHEB 100215 TSUPAC TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 6...TEST NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 0215 UTC THU NOV 10 2022 ...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY... ...TEST PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE TEST... **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS MESSAGE 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. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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 ***** THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UNCHANGED IN THIS MESSAGE. -------------------------------------------------------------- TEST... VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN TONGA GENERATED A TSUNAMI ...TEST -------------------------------------------------------------- TEST... PRELIMINARY VOLCANO PARAMETERS ...TEST ------------------------------------------- * ACTIVITY TIME 2300 UTC NOV 9 2022 * COORDINATES 20.5 SOUTH 175.4 WEST * LOCATION TONGA TEST... EVALUATION ...TEST -------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. VOLCANIC ACTIVITY OCCURRED IN THE TONGA ISLANDS AT 2300 UTC ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9 2022. TEST... TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED ...TEST ------------------------------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF TONGA... NIUE... FIJI... WALLIS AND FUTUNA... AMERICAN SAMOA... SAMOA... KERMADEC ISLANDS... TOKELAU... COOK ISLANDS... VANUATU... TUVALU... NEW ZEALAND... KIRIBATI... HOWLAND AND BAKER... NEW CALEDONIA... FRENCH POLYNESIA... JARVIS ISLAND... SOLOMON ISLANDS... PALMYRA ISLAND... NAURU... MARSHALL ISLANDS... KOSRAE... JOHNSTON ISLAND... PAPUA NEW GUINEA... AUSTRALIA... PITCAIRN... POHNPEI... WAKE ISLAND... HAWAII... NORTHWEST HAWAII... MIDWAY ISLAND... ANTARCTICA... CHUUK... MINAMITORISHIMA... NORTHERN MARIANAS... GUAM... INDONESIA... YAP... CHILE... JAPAN... PALAU... RUSSIA... PHILIPPINES AND MEXICO * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. BASED UPON THE INITIAL OBSERVATIONS... THIS TSUNAMI IS FORECAST TO BE ABOUT 1.0 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE JANUARY 15 2022 TSUNAMI FROM THE SAME VOLCANO IN TONGA. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE FOLLOWING ARE FORECAST MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHTS RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL AT COASTAL GAUGES WITHIN CURRENT THREAT AREA. THE FORECAST FOR EACH GAUGE IS BASED UPON SCALING THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT MEASURED ON THAT GAUGE FOR THE JANUARY 15 2022 TSUNAMI USING THE SCALE FACTOR GIVEN ABOVE. TSUNAMI WAVES ALONG OTHER COASTS IN THE REGION OF EACH GAUGE MAY BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN AT THE GAUGE. A SIMILAR SCALING OF ANY KNOWN JANUARY 15 IMPACTS ALONG THOSE COASTS CAN BE USED AS A GUIDE. COORDINATES FIRST WAVE FORECAST MAX GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON ETA (UTC) TSUNAMI HEIGHT ------------------------------------------------------------- NUKUALOFA TO 21.1S 175.2W 11/09 2317 0.82M/ 2.69FT DART 5401003 23.4S 173.4W 11/09 2343 0.21M/ 0.69FT SUVA VITI LEVU FJ 18.1S 178.4E 11/10 0022 0.26M/ 0.85FT DART 5401002 29.7S 175.0W 11/10 0025 0.10M/ 0.33FT PAGO PAGO AS 14.3S 170.7W 11/10 0025 0.62M/ 2.03FT APIA UPOLU WS 13.8S 171.8W 11/10 0034 0.17M/ 0.56FT DART 5401001 36.0S 177.7W 11/10 0106 0.07M/ 0.23FT RAROTONGA CK 21.2S 159.8W 11/10 0116 0.90M/ 2.95FT DART 5501004 36.1S 178.6E 11/10 0125 0.11M/ 0.36FT FONGAFALE TV 8.5S 179.2E 11/10 0137 0.12M/ 0.39FT EAST CAPE NZ 37.5S 178.2E 11/10 0140 0.26M/ 0.85FT MARE NEW CALEDONIA F 21.5S 167.9E 11/10 0151 0.75M/ 2.46FT LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA 20.9S 167.3E 11/10 0155 0.89M/ 2.92FT OUVEA NEW CALEDONIA 20.5S 166.6E 11/10 0202 0.39M/ 1.28FT OUINNE NEW CALEDONIA 22.0S 166.7E 11/10 0206 1.13M/ 3.71FT VANUATU 17.8S 168.3E 11/10 0209 1.41M/ 4.62FT KINGSTON NORFOLK IS 29.1S 168.0E 11/10 0212 0.78M/ 2.56FT GISBORNE EASTLAND NZ 38.7S 178.0E 11/10 0215 0.68M/ 2.23FT THIO NEW CALEDONIA F 21.6S 166.2E 11/10 0216 0.57M/ 1.87FT NORTH CAPE NZ 34.4S 173.0E 11/10 0216 0.69M/ 2.26FT GREAT BARRIER IS NZ 36.2S 175.5E 11/10 0221 0.70M/ 2.30FT HIENGHENE NEW CALEDO 20.7S 164.9E 11/10 0222 0.45M/ 1.48FT LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 11/10 0228 0.37M/ 1.21FT HUAHINE PF 16.7S 151.0W 11/10 0237 0.53M/ 1.74FT TUBUAI PF 23.3S 149.5W 11/10 0237 0.33M/ 1.08FT WELLINGTON NZ 41.3S 174.8E 11/10 0239 0.18M/ 0.59FT PAPEETE TAHITI 17.5S 149.6W 11/10 0247 0.27M/ 0.89FT VAIRAO FP FR 17.8S 149.3W 11/10 0248 0.43M/ 1.41FT PORT NAPIER NZ 39.5S 176.9E 11/10 0303 0.35M/ 1.15FT OWENGA CHATHAM NZ 44.0S 176.4W 11/10 0316 0.44M/ 1.44FT CHRISTMAS KI 2.0N 157.5W 11/10 0324 0.20M/ 0.66FT NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 11/10 0328 0.15M/ 0.49FT NUKU HIVA MARQUESAS 8.9S 140.1W 11/10 0422 0.67M/ 2.20FT LIHOU REEF AU 17.1S 152.1E 11/10 0427 0.12M/ 0.39FT HIVA OA MARQUESAS 9.8S 139.0W 11/10 0431 0.53M/ 1.74FT RIKITEA PF 23.1S 135.0W 11/10 0435 0.21M/ 0.69FT JOHNSTON US 16.7N 169.5W 11/10 0436 0.11M/ 0.36FT TAREKUKURE WHARF SB 6.7S 156.4E 11/10 0458 0.20M/ 0.66FT GOLD COAST SAND BYPA 27.9S 153.4E 11/10 0515 0.70M/ 2.30FT JACKSON BAY NZ 44.0S 168.6E 11/10 0522 0.91M/ 2.98FT PORT KEMBLA AU 34.5S 150.9E 11/10 0527 0.39M/ 1.28FT WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 11/10 0530 0.13M/ 0.43FT KAWAIHAE HAWAII 20.0N 155.8W 11/10 0537 0.37M/ 1.21FT BARBERS PT HI 21.3N 158.1W 11/10 0538 0.19M/ 0.62FT NAWILIWILI KAUAI 22.0N 159.4W 11/10 0539 0.31M/ 1.02FT HONOLULU OAHU 21.3N 157.9W 11/10 0541 0.12M/ 0.39FT TWOFOLD BAY AU 37.1S 149.9E 11/10 0542 0.67M/ 2.20FT MAKAI PIER WAIMANALO 21.3N 157.7W 11/10 0544 0.28M/ 0.92FT HILO HAWAII 19.7N 155.1W 11/10 0544 0.10M/ 0.33FT KAHULUI MAUI 20.9N 156.5W 11/10 0549 0.83M/ 2.72FT MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 11/10 0609 0.22M/ 0.72FT SPRING BAY AU 42.5S 147.9E 11/10 0615 0.35M/ 1.15FT LOMBRUM MANUS IS PG 2.0S 147.4E 11/10 0637 0.20M/ 0.66FT CHUUK FM 7.5N 151.9E 11/10 0638 0.06M/ 0.20FT TEST... RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ...TEST ----------------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. TEST... ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL ...TEST ------------------------------------------ * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES WITHIN THE THREAT REGION. 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 WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------ NUKUALOFA TONGA 21.0S 175.2W 2310 11/09 HOLEVA TONGA 18.6S 173.9W 2350 11/09 NIUE ISLAND NIUE 19.0S 170.0W 0002 11/10 NIUATOPUTAPU TONGA 15.9S 173.8W 0006 11/10 SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 0022 11/10 FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 0024 11/10 PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 0025 11/10 WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.2S 176.2W 0028 11/10 APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 0035 11/10 RAOUL ISLAND KERMADEC ISLANDS 29.2S 177.9W 0042 11/10 NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 0106 11/10 PUKAPUKA ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 10.8S 165.9W 0109 11/10 RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS 21.2S 159.8W 0116 11/10 ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 0137 11/10 FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 0138 11/10 LOTTIN POINT NEW ZEALAND 37.5S 178.2E 0140 11/10 KANTON ISLAND KIRIBATI 2.8S 171.7W 0158 11/10 EAST CAPE NEW ZEALAND 37.7S 178.5E 0209 11/10 NORTH CAPE NEW ZEALAND 34.4S 173.3E 0210 11/10 PENRYN ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 8.9S 157.8W 0215 11/10 GISBORNE NEW ZEALAND 38.7S 178.0E 0215 11/10 MOUNT MAUNGANUI NEW ZEALAND 37.6S 176.2E 0220 11/10 HOWLAND ISLAND HOWLAND AND BAKE 0.6N 176.6W 0220 11/10 ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 0224 11/10 NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 22.3S 166.5E 0230 11/10 PORT TAURANGA NEW ZEALAND 37.7S 176.2E 0233 11/10 TUBUAI FRENCH POLYNESIA 23.3S 149.5W 0237 11/10 FLINT ISLAND KIRIBATI 11.4S 151.8W 0238 11/10 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND 41.3S 174.8E 0239 11/10 PAPEETE FRENCH POLYNESIA 17.5S 149.6W 0247 11/10 WHANGAREI NEW ZEALAND 35.8S 174.5E 0248 11/10 KAINGAROA CHATH NEW ZEALAND 43.7S 176.3W 0251 11/10 JARVIS ISLAND JARVIS ISLAND 0.4S 160.1W 0252 11/10 MALDEN ISLAND KIRIBATI 3.9S 154.9W 0259 11/10 MARLBOROUGH SOU NEW ZEALAND 41.1S 174.4E 0300 11/10 NAPIER NEW ZEALAND 39.5S 176.9E 0303 11/10 SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 0306 11/10 WAITANGI CHATHA NEW ZEALAND 43.9S 176.6W 0311 11/10 AUCKLAND EAST NEW ZEALAND 36.7S 175.0E 0316 11/10 RAPA ITI FRENCH POLYNESIA 27.6S 144.3W 0319 11/10 CHRISTMAS ISLAN KIRIBATI 2.0N 157.5W 0324 11/10 PALMYRA ISLAND PALMYRA ISLAND 5.9N 162.1W 0325 11/10 PICTON NEW ZEALAND 41.3S 174.0E 0326 11/10 NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0329 11/10 KIRAKIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.4S 161.9E 0330 11/10 TARAWA ISLAND KIRIBATI 1.5N 173.0E 0332 11/10 AUCKLAND WEST NEW ZEALAND 37.1S 174.2E 0335 11/10 AUKI SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.8S 160.6E 0400 11/10 MAJURO MARSHALL ISLANDS 7.1N 171.4E 0400 11/10 HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.3S 160.0E 0406 11/10 GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 0409 11/10 WANGANUI NEW ZEALAND 39.9S 175.0E 0413 11/10 DUNEDIN NEW ZEALAND 45.9S 170.5E 0415 11/10 MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 0417 11/10 NEW PLYMOUTH NEW ZEALAND 39.1S 174.1E 0420 11/10 GREAT BARRIER I NEW ZEALAND 37.0S 157.4E 0425 11/10 KWAJALEIN MARSHALL ISLANDS 8.7N 167.7E 0426 11/10 PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 0427 11/10 KOSRAE ISLAND KOSRAE 5.5N 163.0E 0428 11/10 HIVA OA FRENCH POLYNESIA 10.0S 139.0W 0429 11/10 RIKITEA FRENCH POLYNESIA 23.1S 135.0W 0435 11/10 JOHNSTON ISLAND JOHNSTON ISLAND 16.7N 169.5W 0436 11/10 FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 0436 11/10 TIMARU NEW ZEALAND 44.4S 171.3E 0445 11/10 KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 0446 11/10 LYTTELTON NEW ZEALAND 43.6S 172.7E 0449 11/10 WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 0449 11/10 AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 0450 11/10 JACKSON BAY NEW ZEALAND 44.0S 168.6E 0452 11/10 MILFORD SOUND NEW ZEALAND 44.6S 167.9E 0500 11/10 WESTPORT NEW ZEALAND 41.8S 171.6E 0501 11/10 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 33.9S 151.4E 0504 11/10 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 27.2S 153.3E 0512 11/10 RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 0514 11/10 PITCAIRN ISLAND PITCAIRN 25.1S 130.1W 0515 11/10 GREYMOUTH NEW ZEALAND 42.5S 171.2E 0519 11/10 ENIWETOK MARSHALL ISLANDS 11.4N 162.3E 0521 11/10 POHNPEI ISLAND POHNPEI 7.0N 158.2E 0523 11/10 WAKE ISLAND WAKE ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 0531 11/10 NAWILIWILI HAWAII 22.0N 159.4W 0539 11/10 HONOLULU HAWAII 21.3N 157.9W 0539 11/10 STEWART ISLAND NEW ZEALAND 47.3S 167.5E 0539 11/10 PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 0540 11/10 NECKER NORTHWEST HAWAII 23.6N 164.7W 0541 11/10 FRENCH FRIGATE NORTHWEST HAWAII 23.9N 166.3W 0543 11/10 HILO HAWAII 19.7N 155.1W 0544 11/10 NIHOA NORTHWEST HAWAII 23.1N 161.9W 0544 11/10 LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 0546 11/10 ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.2E 0547 11/10 KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 0550 11/10 LAYSAN NORTHWEST HAWAII 25.8N 171.7W 0552 11/10 LISIANSKI NORTHWEST HAWAII 26.1N 174.0W 0555 11/10 KAHULUI HAWAII 20.9N 156.5W 0559 11/10 NELSON NEW ZEALAND 41.3S 173.3E 0603 11/10 MIDWAY ISLAND MIDWAY ISLAND 28.2N 177.4W 0609 11/10 MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 0612 11/10 HOBART AUSTRALIA 43.3S 147.6E 0612 11/10 CAIRNS AUSTRALIA 16.7S 145.8E 0625 11/10 MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 0629 11/10 BLUFF NEW ZEALAND 46.6S 168.3E 0629 11/10 GLADSTONE AUSTRALIA 23.8S 151.4E 0646 11/10 CAPE ADARE ANTARCTICA 71.0S 170.0E 0649 11/10 WEWAK PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3.5S 143.6E 0653 11/10 CHUUK ISLAND CHUUK 7.4N 151.8E 0654 11/10 TEST... POTENTIAL IMPACTS ...TEST --------------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION OF THE SHORELINE. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA. TEST... TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS ...TEST ------------------------------------ * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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) ------------------------------------------------------------- OUVEA NEW CALEDONIA 20.5S 166.6E 0210 0.10M/ 0.3FT 32 LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA 20.9S 167.3E 0205 0.22M/ 0.7FT 44 MARE NEW CALEDONIA 21.5S 167.9E 0204 0.18M/ 3.8FT 48 EAST CAPE NZ 37.6S 178.2E 0147 0.10M/ 0.4FT 28 FONGAFALE TV 8.5S 179.2E 0147 0.12M/ 0.4FT 56 LAUTOKA FJ 17.6S 177.4E 0134 0.05M/ 0.2FT 44 RAROTONGA CK 21.2S 159.8W 0130 0.87M/ 2.9FT 56 APIA UPOLU WS 13.8S 171.8W 0045 0.18M/ 0.6FT 52 WALLIS IS FR 13.2S 176.1W 0036 0.05M/ 0.2FT 52 PAGO PAGO AS 14.3S 170.7W 0037 0.65M/ 2.1FT 40 SUVA VITI LEVU FJ 18.1S 178.4E 0100 0.35M/ 1.1FT 32 DART 01003 23.4S 173.4W 2352 0.11M/ 0.4FT 44 NUKUALOFA TO 21.1S 175.2W 2340 0.82M/ 2.7FT 32 TEST... NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...TEST ------------------------------------------------------ * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST MESSAGE. $$ NNNN