Segun el PTWC (Centro de advertencia de Tsunami para el Pacífico) solo para las costas de Papua Nueva Guinea se esperan olas significativamente mas altas (entre 1 a 3 metros sobre lo normal). El resto de lugares solo son referidos como un cambio leve en la altura del mar (de hasta 30 cms).
Comunicado de PTWC
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* MAGNITUDE 7.6
* ORIGIN TIME 2349 UTC MAR 29 2015
* COORDINATES 4.7 SOUTH 152.7 EAST
* DEPTH 33 KM / 20 MILES
* LOCATION NEW IRELAND REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED IN
THE NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 2349 UTC ON SUNDAY
MARCH 29 2015.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA… HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST…UPDATED
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* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 1 TO 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF
MEXICO… GUATEMALA… COSTA RICA… PANAMA… COLOMBIA…
ECUADOR… PERU… CHILE… ANTARCTICA… AUSTRALIA… JAPAN…
PHILIPPINES… NEW CALEDONIA… NEW ZEALAND… TAIWAN…
CHINA… NORTHERN MARIANAS… GUAM… PALAU… YAP… POHNPEI…
CHUUK… KOSRAE… MARSHALL ISLANDS… FIJI… SAMOA… AMERICAN
SAMOA… COOK ISLANDS… TOKELAU… VANUATU… KIRIBATI…
FRENCH POLYNESIA… NAURU… WAKE ISLAND… MIDWAY ISLAND…
JOHNSTON ISLAND… JARVIS ISLAND… PALMYRA ISLAND… HOWLAND
AND BAKER… TONGA… TUVALU… WALLIS AND FUTUNA… NIUE…
SOLOMON ISLANDS… INDONESIA… RUSSIA… HAWAII… AND NW
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
WILL LIKELY BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.
* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED AS NECESSARY
IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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* 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.
* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
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* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITHIN A REGION WITH FORECAST TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES OF
0.3 METERS AND GREATER ARE GIVEN BELOW. 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)
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WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 0031 03/30
KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 0057 03/30