NOAA
2007 Tsunamis
• 21 January 2007, Mw 7.5, Molucca Sea
• 25 March 2007, Mw 7.1, Vanuatu
• 25 March 2007, Mw 6.7, Off Noto Peninsula, Honshu, Japan
• 1 April 2007, Mw 8.1, Solomon Islands
• 21 April 2007, Mw 6.2, Aisen, Chile
• 16 July 2007, Mw 6.6, Near West Coast of Honshu, Japan
• 2 August 2007, Mw 6.1, Southern Sakhalin, Russia
• 2 August 2007, Mw 6.7, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands
• 8 August 2007, Mw 7.5, Java, Indonesia
• 15 August 2007, Mw 8.0, Near the Coast of Peru
• 2 September 2007, Mw 7.2, Santa Cruz Islands
• 12 September 2007, Mw 8.4, Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Event List - January 1 - December 31, 2007
With surface wave or moment magnitude (Mw) greater than or equal to 6.5 and a depth no greater than 100m, or an event for which an international warning centre issues a message. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (P) issues; Tsunami Information Bulletins (TIB), Expanding (ERW) or Fixed (FRW) Regional Warnings, Regional Watch/Warnings (RWW), Indian Ocean Watch Bulletins (IO) or Caribbean Tsunami statements (TS). Japan Meteorological Agency (J), issues Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisories (NWPTA), or Indian Ocean Tsunami Watch Information Bulletins (TWI). Epicenter, depth (from GCMT solution) and Mw from USGS (G); from Harvard (H, which changes to GCMT in July 2007), and Mw from PTWC (P) at action time. Height measurements from tide gauges peak to trough or half peak to trough as indicated, otherwise measurement is the greatest value for either inundation or run-up depending on the event.
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