000 WECA41 PHEB 051447 TSUCAX TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1447 UTC WED SEP 05 2012 THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO COUNTRIES WITHIN AND BORDERING THE CARIBBEAN SEA...EXCEPT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ... A CARIBBEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZIL / BARBADOS / TRINIDAD TOBAGO / FRENCH GUIANA / SAINT LUCIA / MARTINIQUE / ST VINCENT / DOMINICA / BARBUDA / GUADELOUPE / MONTSERRAT / ANTIGUA / SAINT KITTS / ANGUILLA / GRENADA / SAINT MARTIN / SAINT MAARTEN / DOMINICAN REP / TURKS N CAICOS / BONAIRE / CURACAO / BAHAMAS / VENEZUELA / HAITI / BERMUDA / SURINAME / ARUBA / CUBA / GUYANA / COLOMBIA / JAMAICA / GRAND CAYMAN / CAYMAN BRAC / PANAMA / MEXICO / HONDURAS / COSTA RICA / BELIZE / NICARAGUA / GUATEMALA THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 1442Z 05 SEP 2012 COORDINATES - 9.9 NORTH 85.5 WEST LOCATION - OFF COAST OF COSTA RICA MAGNITUDE - 7.9 EVALUATION EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN AFFECT COASTLINES ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN REGION. HOWEVER - IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WATCH IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS 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 SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ BRAZIL FORTALEZA 3.7S 38.5W 1227Z 06 SEP SAO_LUIS 2.5S 44.3W 1514Z 06 SEP ILHA_DE_MARACA 2.2N 50.5W 1941Z 06 SEP BARBADOS BRIDGETOWN 13.1N 59.6W 1603Z 06 SEP TRINIDAD TOBAGO PIRATES_BAY 11.3N 60.6W 1616Z 06 SEP PORT-OF-SPAIN 10.6N 61.5W 1713Z 06 SEP FRENCH GUIANA CAYENNE 4.9N 52.3W 1617Z 06 SEP SAINT LUCIA CASTRIES 14.0N 61.0W 1620Z 06 SEP MARTINIQUE FORT-DE-FRANCE 14.6N 61.1W 1620Z 06 SEP ST VINCENT KINGSTOWN 13.1N 61.2W 1622Z 06 SEP DOMINICA ROSEAU 15.3N 61.4W 1623Z 06 SEP BARBUDA PALMETTO_POINT 17.6N 61.9W 1631Z 06 SEP GUADELOUPE BASSE-TERRE 16.0N 61.7W 1634Z 06 SEP MONTSERRAT PLYMOUTH 16.7N 62.2W 1635Z 06 SEP ANTIGUA SAINT_JOHNS 17.1N 61.9W 1640Z 06 SEP SAINT KITTS BASSETERRE 17.3N 62.7W 1648Z 06 SEP ANGUILLA THE_VALLEY 18.3N 63.1W 1656Z 06 SEP GRENADA SAINT_GEORGES 12.0N 61.8W 1657Z 06 SEP SAINT MARTIN BAIE_BLANCHE 18.1N 63.0W 1715Z 06 SEP SAINT MAARTEN SIMPSON_BAAI 18.0N 63.1W 1715Z 06 SEP DOMINICAN REP CABO_ENGANO 18.6N 68.3W 1722Z 06 SEP PUERTO_PLATA 19.8N 70.7W 1730Z 06 SEP SANTO_DOMINGO 18.5N 69.9W 1753Z 06 SEP TURKS N CAICOS GRAND_TURK 21.5N 71.1W 1735Z 06 SEP WEST_CAICOS 21.7N 72.5W 1754Z 06 SEP BONAIRE ONIMA 12.3N 68.3W 1740Z 06 SEP CURACAO WILLEMSTAD 12.1N 68.9W 1747Z 06 SEP BAHAMAS MAYAGUANA 22.3N 73.0W 1751Z 06 SEP GREAT_INAGUA 20.9N 73.7W 1805Z 06 SEP SAN_SALVADOR 24.1N 74.5W 1806Z 06 SEP CAT_IS 24.4N 75.5W 1814Z 06 SEP ELEUTHERA_IS 25.2N 76.1W 1832Z 06 SEP LONG_IS 23.3N 75.1W 1833Z 06 SEP ANDROS_IS 25.0N 77.9W 1838Z 06 SEP CROOKED_IS 22.7N 74.1W 1849Z 06 SEP EXUMA 23.6N 75.9W 1907Z 06 SEP FREEPORT 26.5N 78.8W 1919Z 06 SEP NASSAU 25.1N 77.4W 1919Z 06 SEP BIMINI 25.8N 79.3W 1919Z 06 SEP ABACO_IS 26.6N 77.1W 2006Z 06 SEP VENEZUELA MAIQUETIA 10.6N 67.0W 1752Z 06 SEP CUMANA 10.5N 64.2W 1816Z 06 SEP PORLAMAR 10.9N 63.8W 1921Z 06 SEP PUNTO_FIJO 11.7N 70.2W 2048Z 06 SEP GOLFO_VENEZUELA 11.4N 71.2W 2140Z 06 SEP HAITI CAP-HAITEN 19.8N 72.2W 1753Z 06 SEP JEREMIE 18.6N 74.1W 1818Z 06 SEP PORT-AU-PRINCE 18.5N 72.4W 1922Z 06 SEP BERMUDA RUTHS_BAY 32.4N 64.6W 1756Z 06 SEP SURINAME PARAMARIBO 5.9N 55.2W 1800Z 06 SEP ARUBA ORANJESTAD 12.5N 70.0W 1804Z 06 SEP CUBA BARACOA 20.4N 74.5W 1807Z 06 SEP SANTIAGO_D_CUBA 19.9N 75.8W 1822Z 06 SEP GIBARA 21.1N 76.1W 1825Z 06 SEP CIENFUEGOS 22.0N 80.5W 1919Z 06 SEP SANTA_CRZ_D_SUR 20.7N 78.0W 2003Z 06 SEP LA_HABANA 23.2N 82.4W 2028Z 06 SEP NUEVA_GERONA 21.9N 82.8W 2251Z 06 SEP GUYANA GEORGETOWN 6.8N 58.2W 1829Z 06 SEP COLOMBIA RIOHACHA 11.6N 72.9W 1841Z 06 SEP SANTA_MARTA 11.2N 74.2W 1853Z 06 SEP CARTAGENA 10.4N 75.6W 1857Z 06 SEP PUNTA_CARIBANA 8.6N 76.9W 1958Z 06 SEP BARRANQUILLA 11.1N 74.9W 1959Z 06 SEP JAMAICA MONTEGO_BAY 18.5N 77.9W 1844Z 06 SEP KINGSTON 17.9N 76.9W 1856Z 06 SEP GRAND CAYMAN CAYMAN_ISLANDS 19.3N 81.3W 1906Z 06 SEP CAYMAN BRAC CAYMAN_ISLANDS 19.7N 79.9W 1919Z 06 SEP PANAMA ALIGANDI 9.2N 78.0W 1930Z 06 SEP COLON 9.4N 79.9W 1936Z 06 SEP PUERTO_OBALDIA 8.7N 77.4W 1945Z 06 SEP PUERTO_CARRETO 8.8N 77.6W 1945Z 06 SEP BOCAS_DEL_TORO 9.4N 82.2W 1954Z 06 SEP MEXICO COZUMEL 20.5N 87.0W 2003Z 06 SEP VERACRUZ 19.2N 96.1W 2231Z 06 SEP TEXAS_BORDER 26.0N 97.1W 2255Z 06 SEP MADERO 22.3N 97.8W 2258Z 06 SEP CAMPECHE 19.9N 90.5W 0226Z 07 SEP HONDURAS PUERTO_CORTES 15.9N 88.0W 2007Z 06 SEP TRUJILLO 15.9N 86.0W 2049Z 06 SEP COSTA RICA PUERTO_LIMON 10.0N 83.0W 2010Z 06 SEP BELIZE BELIZE_CITY 17.5N 88.2W 2010Z 06 SEP NICARAGUA PUNTA_GORDA 11.4N 83.8W 2109Z 06 SEP PUERTO_CABEZAS 14.0N 83.4W 2352Z 06 SEP GUATEMALA PUERTO_BARRIOS 15.7N 88.6W 2109Z 06 SEP ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.