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Australian Tsunami Threat Has Passed - Bureau of Meteorology

UPDATE: Australian Tsunami Threat Has Passed - Bureau

CANBERRA The threat of a tsunami hitting Australia's eastern coast from a severe earthquake earlier Monday near the Solomon Islands has passed, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported.

There were no reports of significant sea level rises from Willis Island meteorological station about 500 kilometers east of far north Queensland, though some rises of 20 centimeters to 30 centimeters were observed on Queensland's east coast.

Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology
National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
TSUNAMI BULLETIN CANCELLATION

Issued at:

01:50 pm EST on Monday 2 April 2007
01:20 pm CST on Monday 2 April 2007
11:50 am WST on Monday 2 April 2007

TSUNAMI THREAT ENDED

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) in Hawaii detected an undersea earthquake earlier today near the Solomon Islands.

The earthquake was also detected by Geoscience Australia.

Based on sea level gauge data and other reports there is no longer expected to be a tsunami threat to the Australian mainland or islands.

Small surges in sea level height and minor abnormal currents have been detected along the Queensland coast.

The situation will continue to be monitored. However, no further bulletins will be issued for this event unless the threat level changes.

The earthquake occurred at 20:40 UTC 01 April 2007 at Latitude 8.6 South, Longitude 157.2 East, with magnitude 8.1

UTC Time Zone conversion:
EST = UTC + 10 hours
CST = UTC + 9.5 hours
WST = UTC + 8 hours

SOURCE: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDYTSU05.shtml