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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   7
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
640 AM HST SAT JAN 15 2022

TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0627 PM HST 14 JAN 2022
   COORDINATES - 20.5 SOUTH  175.4 WEST
   LOCATION    - TONGA

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 TSUNAMI WAVE OSCILLATIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF HAWAII CONTINUE
 TO DIMINISH BUT ARE NOT YET ALL BELOW TSUNAMI ADVISORY LEVEL.

 THE FOLLOWING LIST PROVIDES MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES SO FAR
 ON GAUGES ACROSS THE ENTIRE PACIFIC.

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 CHICHIJIMA JP        27.1N 142.2E  1344Z   0.74M /  2.4FT  14MIN
 VODOPADNAYA RU       51.7N 158.0E  1434Z   0.45M /  1.5FT  12MIN
 KUSHIRO JP           43.0N 144.4E  1411Z   0.40M /  1.3FT  42MIN
 TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU  32.8N 133.0E  1537Z   0.93M /  3.0FT  30MIN
 OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP   34.6N 138.2E  1526Z   0.71M /  2.3FT  22MIN
 EASTER CL            27.2S 109.4W  1530Z   0.32M /  1.0FT  04MIN
 DART 46403           52.7N 156.8W  1431Z   0.06M /  0.2FT  14MIN
 DART 46409           55.3N 148.6W  1520Z   0.04M /  0.1FT  14MIN
 DUTCH HBR UNALASKA   53.9N 166.5W  1452Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  36MIN
 KING COVE AK         55.1N 162.3W  1449Z   0.32M /  1.1FT  16MIN
 ATKA AK              52.2N 174.2W  1358Z   0.22M /  0.7FT  20MIN
 NIKOLSKI AK          52.9N 168.9W  1528Z   0.36M /  1.2FT  12MIN
 LIHOU REEF AU        17.1S 152.1E  1241Z   0.12M /  0.4FT  14MIN
 GOLD COAST SAND BYP  27.9S 153.4E  1135Z   0.70M /  2.3FT  42MIN
 PORT KEMBLA AU       34.5S 150.9E  1206Z   0.39M /  1.3FT  32MIN
 TWOFOLD BAY AU       37.1S 149.9E  1205Z   0.67M /  2.2FT  48MIN
 SPRING BAY AU        42.5S 147.9E  1041Z   0.35M /  1.1FT  70MIN
 HIVA OA MARQUESAS     9.8S 139.0W  1026Z   0.53M /  1.8FT  12MIN
 NUKU HIVA MARQUESAS   8.9S 140.1W  1055Z   0.67M /  2.2FT  12MIN
 HANALEI HI           22.2N 159.5W  1233Z   0.82M /  2.7FT  14MIN
 KAHULUI MAUI         20.9N 156.5W  1228Z   0.83M /  2.7FT  20MIN
 RIKITEA PF           23.1S 135.0W  1038Z   0.21M /  0.7FT  14MIN
 HUAHINE PF           16.7S 151.0W  0813Z   0.53M /  1.8FT  12MIN
 NAURU                 0.5S 166.9E  1118Z   0.15M /  0.5FT  04MIN
 GISBORNE EASTLAND N  38.7S 178.0E  1141Z   0.68M /  2.2FT  42MIN
 KAWAIHAE HAWAII      20.0N 155.8W  1132Z   0.37M /  1.2FT  10MIN
 HONOKOHAU HI         19.7N 156.0W  1145Z   0.34M /  1.1FT  10MIN
 HALEIWA HI           21.6N 158.1W  1138Z   0.70M /  2.3FT  10MIN
 HONOLULU OAHU        21.3N 157.9W  1112Z   0.12M /  0.4FT  14MIN
 BARBERS PT HI        21.3N 158.1W  1135Z   0.19M /  0.6FT  04MIN
 MAKAI PIER WAIMANAL  21.3N 157.7W  1128Z   0.28M /  0.9FT  10MIN
 HILO HAWAII          19.7N 155.1W  0929Z   0.10M /  0.3FT  16MIN
 NAWILIWILI KAUAI     22.0N 159.4W  1057Z   0.31M /  1.0FT  12MIN
 HIENGHENE NEW CALED  20.7S 164.9E  0910Z   0.45M /  1.5FT  10MIN
 VANUATU              17.8S 168.3E  0924Z   1.41M /  4.6FT  20MIN
 RAROTONGA CK         21.2S 159.8W  0853Z   0.90M /  3.0FT  02MIN
 GREAT BARRIER IS NZ  36.2S 175.5E  0849Z   0.70M /  2.3FT  10MIN
 OWENGA CHATHAM NZ    44.0S 176.4W  0902Z   0.44M /  1.4FT  40MIN
 KINGSTON NORFOLK IS  29.1S 168.0E  0840Z   0.78M /  2.6FT  10MIN
 LUGANVILLE VU        15.5S 167.2E  0826Z   0.37M /  1.2FT  24MIN
 OUINNE NEW CALEDONI  22.0S 166.7E  0826Z   1.13M /  3.7FT  08MIN
 THIO NEW CALEDONIA   21.6S 166.2E  0819Z   0.57M /  1.9FT  20MIN
 LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA  20.9S 167.3E  0746Z   0.89M /  2.9FT  16MIN
 EAST CAPE NZ         37.6S 178.2E  0834Z   0.26M /  0.8FT  08MIN
 DART401002           29.7S 175.0W  0542Z   0.10M /  0.3FT  28MIN
 DART401001           36.0S 177.7W  0612Z   0.07M /  0.2FT  24MIN
 SUVA VITI LEVU FJ    18.1S 178.4E  0633Z   0.26M /  0.9FT  18MIN
 DART401003           23.4S 173.4W  0442Z   0.12M /  0.4FT  42MIN
 NUKUALOFA TO         21.1S 175.2W  0516Z   0.82M /  2.7FT  06MIN
 PAGO PAGO AS         14.3S 170.7W  0531Z   0.62M /  2.0FT  16MIN
 APIA UPOLU WS        13.8S 171.8W  0551Z   0.17M /  0.5FT  18MIN

 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.

 NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
        ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
         MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

 TSUNAMI WAVES THAT CAN BE A HAZARD TO SWIMMERS AND BOATERS AS
 WELL AS TO PERSONS NEAR THE SHORE AT BEACHES AND IN HARBORS AND
 MARINAS ARE NOW AFFECTING THE STATE OF HAWAII. THIS HAZARD COULD
 CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE SITUATION IS BEING MONITORED
 CLOSELY AND THE ADVISORY WILL END WHEN THE HAZARD HAS PASSED.

FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.

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