Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for the South Pacific

[plax]

The magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred a little over 1 hour ago.

000 WEPA40 PHEB 060252 TSUPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0252Z 06 FEB 2013
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU / NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA / MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU / SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA / WAKE ISLAND

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU / SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA / WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS / PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA / BELAU

From: http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2013.02.06.0252

 

[antoinette]

OMG NOT ANOTHER ONE

Praying for them all

 

[Remy]

I hope everybody is safe!! <3

 

[Akraya]

Well we haven't heard anything about this yet... will let you know if a tsunami goes down.

Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre

 

[LoveMyParrots]

I was in the car before and heard that the tsunami warning is canceled here for Australia, I was watching the Melbourne radio, so not too sure about the other states.

Hope everyone is safe!