A magnitude 8.0 earthquake has struck 63km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
The PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER has issued a tsunami watch for coastal areas of Hawaii.
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2016-12-08 17:38:48 UTC 10.700°S 161.400°E 40.0 km depth
Nearby Places
Direction data indicate the position of the event relative to the place.
Kirakira, Solomon Islands
63.1 km (39.2 mi) WSWPopulation: 1,122
Honiara, Solomon Islands
211.9 km (131.7 mi) SEPopulation: 56,298
Arawa, Papua New Guinea
810.5 km (503.6 mi) SEPopulation: 40,266
Luganville, Vanuatu
821.3 km (510.3 mi) NWPopulation: 13,397
Port-Vila, Vanuatu
1078.4 km (670.1 mi) NWPopulation: 35,901
BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
748 AM HST THU DEC 08 2016
TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0748 AM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0739 AM HST 08 DEC 2016
COORDINATES - 10.7 SOUTH 161.4 EAST
LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.0 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0256 PM HST THU 08 DEC 2016
FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.