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Tsunami Threat to NZ 7/7/11 7:30 Advisory
National Advisory: Tsunami - Potential Threat to New Zealand
No: 01
Issued
at 07:30 hours on 07/07/11.
Issued by
the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management
(MCDEM)
A tsunami potential threat advisory is in
effect for New Zealand
An
earthquake has occurred with these
parameters:
Origin time:
1903 ZULU 06/07/11
NZ time:
0703 NZST 07/07/11
Co-ordinates:
29.4 South 175.7 West
Depth:
48 km
Location:
Kermadec Islands Region
Magnitude:
7.8
The above magnitude is provisional and may be increased or decreased as more seismic data becomes available.
The
Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) has issued a Tsunami
Watch in response to the above earthquake 2. Stay out of the water
(sea, rivers and estuaries, including boating
activities 3. Do not go sightseein 4. Share this
information with family, neighbours and friend
5. Listen
to the radio and/or TV for update 6. Follow instructions
of your local Civil Defence authorities Local and regional/Group Civil Defence
Emergency Management must 2. Alert potentially at-risk communities as
appropriat 3. Establish contact with the NCMC once they
have activated and inform NCMC of actions taken (CDEM
Groups only 4. Stand by for further
information A further update with more
information will follow within the next hour. Until a
cancellation is issued, updates will continue at least
hourly. All further updates will be communicated by MCDEM
via the national warning system Message authorised by the National
Controller, Civil Defence Emergency Management.
Summary
Only
messages issued by MCDEM represent the official warning
status for New Zealand. Local civil defence authorities
may supplement these messages by applying local threat
assessments
A tsunami is possible. MCDEM and
scientific advisors are assessing the severity of the threat
to New Zealand
People in coastal areas
should
1. Stay off beache
MCDEM and
scientific advisors are closely monitoring the situation to
determine whether a tsunami has been generated and to
assess the severity of the threat to New Zealand. More
information about this event will
follow
This advisory has been issued to all local
civil defence authorities, emergency services, other
agencies and media.
Information for emergency
managers
1. Activate appropriate
response coordination arrangements and communication
processe
Local CDEM to act in coordination with
regional/Group CDEM
Local emergency services must
establish and maintain active response coordination with
respective local and regional/Group Civil Defence Emergency
Management
MCDEM is activating the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with public broadcasters to broadcast
this advisory.
NCMC
status:
The National Crisis Management
Centre (NCMC) is being activated.
Further
information
Media enquires to 04
494 6951
Useful websiteshttp://www.civildefence.govt.nz/http://www.getthru.govt.nz/
Issued
by:
End of
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