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BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
839 PM SST FRI JAN 14 2022

...THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED FOR AMERICAN SAMOA...

IN THIS MESSAGE ARE REVISED ALERTS.


AUDIENCE
--------
EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC


EVALUATION
----------

  * A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OCCURRED IN
    THE TONGA ISLANDS AROUND 527 PM SST ON FRIDAY JANUARY 14 2022.

  * A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED BY THIS ERUPTION.

  * ALL AVAILABLE DATA NOW INDICATE THAT THE TSUNAMI THREAT HAS
    PASSED ALTHOUGH SMALL SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE.

  * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO FURTHER TSUNAMI
    THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ALTHOUGH MINOR
    SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

  * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN
    BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

  * FOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

  * BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR
    IN THE OCEAN.

  * OTHERWISE... NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.


TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
--------------------

  * 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 TIDE LEVEL.

                            GAUGE      TIME OF   MAXIMUM     WAVE
                         COORDINATES   MEASURE   TSUNAMI   PERIOD
    GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON     (SST)     HEIGHT    (MIN)
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    VANUATU              17.8S 168.3E   824 PM   0.6FT/ 0.2M  32
    THIO NEW CALEDONIA   21.6S 166.2E   815 PM   0.3FT/ 0.1M  04
    DART 01002           29.7S 175.0W   642 PM   0.3FT/ 0.1M  28
    EAST CAPE NZ         37.6S 178.2E   744 PM   0.4FT/ 0.1M  20
    DART 01001           36.0S 177.7W   712 PM   0.2FT/ 0.1M  24
    SUVA VITI LEVU FJ    18.1S 178.4E   733 PM   0.9FT/ 0.3M  18
    RAROTONGA CK         21.2S 159.8W   731 PM   0.8FT/ 0.3M  12
    DART 01003           23.4S 173.4W   542 PM   0.4FT/ 0.1M  42
    NUKUALOFA TO         21.1S 175.2W   616 PM   2.7FT/ 0.8M  06
    PAGO PAGO AS         14.3S 170.7W   631 PM   2.0FT/ 0.6M  16
    APIA UPOLU WS        13.8S 171.8W   651 PM   0.5FT/ 0.2M  18


POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------

  * MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW
    HOURS.


PRELIMINARY ERUPTION PARAMETERS
-------------------------------

  * ORIGIN TIME    527 PM SST JAN 14 2022
  * COORDINATES    20.5 SOUTH  175.4 WEST


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------

  * THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
    NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE
    INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

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