TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1535Z 27 DEC 2004

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

.................. TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ..................

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  0059Z 26 DEC 2004
 COORDINATES -   3.4 NORTH   95.7 EAST 
 LOCATION    -  OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATERA
 MAGNITUDE   -  9.0

EVALUATION

 SOME ENERGY FROM YESTERDAYS TSUNAMI IN THE INDIAN OCEAN HAS
 LEAKED INTO THE PACIFIC BASIN... PROBABLY FROM SOUTH OF THE
 AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT.  THIS ENERGY HAS PRODUCED MINOR
 SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS AT MANY PLACES IN THE PACIFIC.  FOR
 EXAMPLE...

  50 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT CALLAO CHILE
  19 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT IQUIQUE CHILE
  13 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA
  11 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT SUVA FIJI
  50 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT WAITANGI CHATHAM IS NEW ZEALAND
  65 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT JACKSON BAY NEW ZEALAND
  18 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT PORT VILA VANUATU
  06 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT HILO HAWAII USA
  22 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA USA

 HOWEVER... AT MANZANILLO MEXICO SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS WERE
 AS MUCH AS 2.6 METERS CREST-TO-TROUGH PROBABLY DUE TO FOCUSING
 OF ENERGY BY THE EAST PACIFIC RISE AS WELL AS LOCAL RESONANCES.

 THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES COULD CONTINUE
 TO BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE PACIFIC OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO
 UNTIL ALL ENERGY FROM THIS EVENT IS EVENTUALLY DISSIPATED.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.